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Name: Jene Kelly on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Breda Kerans on May 13, 2007Comments: I think this is a shocking abuse of Irish women. It basically prevents choice for Irish women. The vast majority of Irish women have no choice of homebirth services provided by their local hospital and depend totally on independent midwives to secure the birth choice they want. This is bullying in its worst form. Shame on the INO. I no longer support their industrial action. It is obvious from this action that patients do not matter to them.Flag
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Name: Jessica Burke on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Majella Moynihan on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Claire Donovan on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Jean Peters on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Emer McGann on May 13, 2007Comments: I think women should be facilitated in having an Independent Midwife if the choose and how can this happen if they are priced out of the market by high insurance, it is crazy.Flag
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Name: Louise on May 13, 2007Comments: This is a disgraceful decision by the INO, showing total disregard for independant midwives and the women they provide services to.Flag
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Name: Colette Meade on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Belinda Donohoe on May 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 13, 2007Comments: women have a right to have an independent midwife and a right to choiceFlag
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Name: Tracy Donegan on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Margaret Carroll on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Larissa Inns on May 14, 2007Comments: Choices for women!!Flag
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Name: Ronnie Falcao on May 14, 2007Comments: Homebirth is an important option for birthing women in Ireland. If no commercial insurance agency will provide malpractice insurance, then the federal government should ensure it's availability.Flag
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Name: Susan Cudlipp on May 14, 2007Comments: Independant midwives are vital to the preservation of birthing choices for women. To deny them insurance is unfair, unethical and extremely short-sighted. Midwives are the most appropriate care provider for the majority of healthy pregnant women. It is only when women lose midwifery care that they, and their governments realise what a priceless service midwives provide. Look at what has happened in Brazil since the loss of midwives - a 90% caesarian rate and health costs blown out of all proportion! Don't let this happen in IrelandFlag
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Name: Anonymous on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Keira McCormack on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Una Thompson on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Britta Boyle on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Belinda Jane Gleeson on May 14, 2007Comments: Please keep birthing with the women in their own environment, increased medicalisation leads to increased intervention, complications, PND and increased morbidity and mortality.Flag
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Name: Sharon Craig on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: CLIFFORD on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Elke Heckel on May 14, 2007Comments: It is a woman's right to give birth at home - government has a duty to provide competent care - who better than an indepependent midwife. I am shocked how little notice there has been given - pregnancy lasts 9 months!!!!Flag
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Name: Amira Abuseif on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 14, 2007Comments: THE REMOVAL OF INSURANCE COVER AT THIS TIME IS SYMBOLIC. ONE HAS TO ASK WHAT ARE MIDWIVES GAINING FROM THE UNION, NO NAME, NO COVERFlag
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Name: Samantha Holman on May 14, 2007Comments: Independent Midwives offer an important choice for women and should not be prevented from working through lack of insurance.Flag
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Name: Dr Joan Lalor on May 14, 2007Comments: it is vital that choice is facilitated and not hindered for women accessing maternity services in Ireland. Removing insurance from midwives in this context is a retrograde step.Flag
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Name: Carrie-Anne Gibb on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Deborah Purdue on May 14, 2007Comments: THe INO should perhaps consider working with IMA (independent midwives association in UK, and the Royal college of Midwives in the UK. Other midwife organisations in Europe who have this cover and even the NZ midwives also, should perhaps be working together to try and find a solution for IMs. In Germany I believe that homebirth midwives pay LESS as the 'risk' to these mothers is considered less than in hospital!Flag
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Name: Elizabeth Halliday on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Helen Marlow Robinson on May 14, 2007Comments: It is a woman's right to deliver her baby where she feels safest and in the overall scheme of things this is a much safer place (provided that there are no obvious and special circumstances) for a birth to take place. A woman's body naturally knows how to receive her baby so stop medicalised birth and atrying to shift the 'power base' . This is the woman's domain. In terms of health economics it also makes much more sense and lets doctors concentrate their efforts where they are truly required.Flag
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Name: Norma Gillett on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Andrea Bilcliff on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Helen Marlow Robinson on May 14, 2007Comments: It is a woman's right to deliver her baby where she feels safest and in the overall scheme of things this is a much safer place (provided that there are no obvious and special circumstances) for a birth to take place. A woman's body naturally knows how to receive her baby so stop medicalised birth and atrying to shift the 'power base' . This is the woman's domain. In terms of health economics it also makes much more sense and lets doctors concentrate their efforts where they are truly required.Flag
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Name: Caroline Curley on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Sandra Oliveira on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Joanna Reid on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Maria O Sullivan on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Cassy McNamara on May 14, 2007Comments: As a Scottish independent Midwife who has worked with no insurance for the past 4 years I understand your concerns. Here in the UK we are also now under threat as the Government plan to make having insurance compulsory-this means that the approx 200 independent midwives in the Uk and the average 4000 women a year who use our services will also be outlawed. There seems to be a global attempt to outlaw midwives as a way of controlling women-we must stick together and fight this. Best wishes and keep going we have to believe we can win!!Flag
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Name: Mia Scotland on May 14, 2007Comments: this is a dangerous move - there will be an increase in unassisted home births, because mums will have no choice (other than medical institutions). Don't take away a mum's choice.Flag
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Name: Mary Tighe on May 14, 2007Comments: Having had a homebirth last year with an Independent midwife I would recommend it to anyone wanting to give birth in a stress-free, enjoyable and powerful way. I want the choice to be able to do this again with my next child and am horrified that this may be at risk.Flag
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Name: Lea Ising on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Ann Curley on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Lorraine Carroll on May 14, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Janet Fraser on May 14, 2007Comments: The midwifery model of care is the only one suitable for healthy pregnant women and governments must do all they can to maintain it. The ripple effect of unnecessary dangerous obstetric care causes a great deal of hardship to the community and massive costs to health budgets. Women deserve the world standard of care - midwifery for all!Flag
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Name: Dr Jo Murphy-Lawless on May 14, 2007Comments: Dear David, If this issue comes under your bailiwick, I think that it is critical that you and other INO nurses are aware that this decision flies in the face of the research evidence on home births and the role of the independent midwife. Far from protecting the INO from possible opprobrium, this move will bring your organisation into disrepute and will most certainly contribute to womenFlag
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Name: Dr Jo Murphy-Lawless on May 14, 2007Comments: Dear David, If this issue comes under your bailiwick, I think that it is critical that you and other INO nurses are aware that this decision flies in the face of the research evidence on home births and the role of the independent midwife. Far from protecting the INO from possible opprobrium, this move will bring your organisation into disrepute and will most certainly contribute to womenFlag