How sad I learnt more of the information about what is happening in Aust through subscription to a UK midwifery list! Denise >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: denise hynd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Fw: Home birth under threat in Queensland > >At 09:38 10/07/99 +0100, you wrote: >>UK midwives and consumers mailing list. ARM website address: - http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/midwives.html >> >> >> >>---------- >>> From: Louise Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: Home birth under threat in Queensland >>> Date: 20 June 1999 12:37 >>> >>> Dear Monica >>> >>> Apologies for not getting back to you earlier. Clare went to court and >>was >>> found guilty of misconduct. She was fined $1000. However she was not >>> forbidden to practice. Therefore the whole thing is in limbo. There has >>> been no further developments in her case. >>> >>> The Home Midwifery Assoc (HMA) is devoting energy to meeting with >>> politicians to get home births recognised as a viable option and one that >>> can be claimed under the medicare scheme. Unfortunately the Minister for >>> Health - Wendy Edmonds has a personal bias stating that if her daughter >>had >>> not been born in a hospital she would have been dead. We (the gold coast >>> group)are now trying to raise funds to do some awareness raising and we >>are >>> considering petitioning the politicans with a purely economic argument. >>> >>> Anyway the fight continues. Thanks for your email I'll keep you posted >>of >>> any changes/developments etc >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Louise Gorman >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Monica O'Connor & Eddie O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: Louise Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 10:11 PM >>> Subject: Re: Home birth under threat in Queensland >>> >>> >>> >Hi louise, >>> >What has happened with Clare Brassard? I believe the news is bad about >>> >Maggie Leckie Thompson. >>> >I attach most recent news on Ann Kelly. >>> >Monica O'Connor >>> >---------- >>> >From: Louise Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >Subject: Home birth under threat in Queensland >>> >Date: 24 September 1998 14:23 >>> > >>> >Hi, >>> > >>> >I really enjoyed reading your site and read with much interest about Ann >>> >Kelly. >>> > >>> > In Queensland Australia we are too facing a threat to a wiomens right >>to >>> >choose to have her child at home. Clare brassard, one of the traditional >>> >midwifes in our area is undergoing a legal challenge at the moment which >>> >will be a test case to ban traditional midwifes from practicing and >>limit >>> >birth options to institutionalised ones in Queensland. >>> > >>> >We are attempting to raise funds to support Clare and we would >>appreciate >>> >it if you could let the visitors to your sight know about this. Any >>> >donations or letters of support can be sent to >>> > >>> >The Mothering Project >>> >45 North Rd >>> >Lower Beechmont QLD 4211 >>> >Australia. >>> > >>> >We would appreciate any publicity or support you can give us. You can >>email >>> >me for further info >>> > >>> >With thanks >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >Louise Gorman (on behalf of The Gold Coast Home Birth Support Group) >>> > >>> > >>> > >> >> >>______________________________________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ >> >> ******************************************************************************** Denise Hynd, Midwife, Lactation Consultant in Private Practice 173 Wilding Street, Doubleview (Perth) WA 6018 Phone (08) 9446 1917 Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> **************************************************************************** **** -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
