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In light of what has happened in Cleveland this week, I thought this speech by Elizabeth Spart was very helpful.

Sad to see this, but 23 years after my own unnecessary prmiary cesarean, unnecessary medical procedures are still determining how women give birth in this country.

The survey revealed several other troublesome trends:


About 40 percent of mothers did not hold their naked babies against their skin soon after birth, though research suggests that strengthens mother-baby bonding and breastfeeding. One quarter of healthy babies spent the first hour of their lives with hospital staff for routine care, not with their mothers.


While breastfeeding offers numerous benefits for the baby and mother, about half of women who said they wanted to exclusively breastfeed experienced ill-advised hospital practices that can undermine the process, like being offered free formula. And six months after giving birth, less than a third of women were exclusively breastfeeding their babies.


Many women reported that they held back from asking questions because they were concerned about being perceived as difficult, they wanted maternity care that differed from what their health care provider wanted, or their provider seemed rushed.


Few women used simple, low-risk, drug-free measures to ease labor pain, like taking hot showers or baths. Women who had taken childbirth education classes were more likely to try such measures.


Most women who had an episiotomy, an incision in the skin around the vagina made during delivery, were not included in the decision to undergo the procedure.



Pro choice reporter changes mind on abortion after covering the Gosnell trial!  Look at the expression in his eyes as he speaks – he’s almost haunted by it!



Pope Francis continuing the crackdown on wayward nuns!  Take that Sr. Chittister!

Given Francis’ Jesuit background, some had speculated that he might take a softer approach to dealing with the more liberal wings of the church. But the new pope, like his predecessor, leans theologically conservative, so his commitment to Benedict’s hard line shouldn’t come as a shock. In the case of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), that means the continuation of a five-year plan that Benedict set into motion last year aimed at pushing the group back in line with the Vatican’s positions on social issues like homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, and women in the priesthood.
Leaders of the nun’s group were informed of Francis’ decision at a morning meeting with church officials, according to the Vatican. As part of the ongoing plan, the Vatican has given Archbishop of Seattle Peter Sartain the authority to take the steps he sees as necessary to ensure the group better toes the party line as laid out by the Vatican and echoed by the American contingent of Catholic bishops. Those steps including requiring the nuns to get approval from the archbishop for every speaker they invite to a public event, replace their handbook, and revise their statutes, along with generally ensuring that they don’t publicly “disagree with or challenge positions taken by” American bishops or the Vatican.

How Homeschooling Benefited My Life

Homeschooling has given me the time to pursue my own interests in both hobbies and education. I love to read about history, practical how-to’s on a plethora of interests, factual and historical trivia, and all of the mystery and classic books on our extensive home library shelves. I technically might have received an “education,” however inferior, if I had attended public schools, but I have to think, What would I rather be: a child succeeding at a test covering information I may not remember or succeeding at life? Personally, I like succeeding at life!
While being homeschooled I was able to learn at my own pace and in accordance with my abilities. Because I usually comprehended and mastered new information quickly, I could not handle the repetitious and time-consuming assignments of traditional workbooks. Rather, I learned or deduced information on my own for most subjects. When necessary, I stopped to gain better understanding about topics of study.
I escaped most of the negative and harmful influences and pressures that I might have received from “friends” at school. I gained from my parents Godly instruction, character, and morals (whether I wanted to hear them at the time or not), which is what parents are called by God to do, not teachers.

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