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News-Leader.com Opinions Bill would give women home-birth option

"The United States spends more money per capita on health care than any other country in the world, yet we rank 27th in infant mortality and morbidity rates. We are 15th in the world with our maternal mortality rate, which has not improved in 20 years. Check out www.cfmidwifery.org.

So, who is doing better than us? Surprisingly, it is the industrialized countries of the world who use midwifery care for nearly all births. Countries like Denmark, Sweden and England that rank at the top of the world with their birth statistics use obstetricians only for high-risk pregnancies. They have the fewest brain-damaged babies and the lowest infant and maternal mortality rates."