The British Columbia College of Midwives has pursued an injunction against private birth attendant Gloria Lemay. When the College was set up a year ago, it was given a mandate to "protect the public." Since Gloria is not a member of the College and is still attending women at birth, they feel she must be a danger to the public. So, imbibed with a sense of self-righteous vigor, they are going full-fuel on a publicly funded vendetta.
Many women choose to be attended by someone outside governmental control. They choose an attendant like Gloria Lemay. With Gloria, they know they'll have a less than 2% chance of cesarean section, and a fraction of a percentage's chance of induction. With Gloria, they know they'll get superlative nutritional advice, access to her vast resources and her gentle, non-intrusive assistance at birth. This woman is not a threat to public safety, she is a godsend. The families she serves cherish her, and keep her in their service for generations.
I urge everyone to contribute to the Birth Freedom Fund. Gloria's dream is to have 1,000 people send in $5, and that's not a lot of money. Please help this woman who is the catalyst of so many girls becoming women, and of babies being born gently, softly, safely into their unmedicated mothers' arms. Please help this woman who has committed her life to serving birth in the most pure form possible: in her exclusive service of women. Send your donation to Chouinard & Co., #1201-510 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8, Canada. Write on the inside or outside of the envelope "Birth." Please make checks payable to either Chouinard & Co.(her lawyers) or Gloria Lemay. Be sure to include your name and address so Gloria can acknowledge your partnership.
More information ca be found on my website:
http://www.birthlove.com/pages/gloria_lemay.html. Included is a link to new letters written in Gloria's support.
-Leilah McCracken
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 1 Issue 43, Oct 22, 1999)
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