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Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Sat Feb 4 00:20:42 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Breastfeeding in the States" In reply to: Grace Loehr: "Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved" Yup, still against the law to open a freestanding birth center in Illinois. I haven't heard much lately from the group that was lobbying for legislation to allow them. At one time, Quentin Young was in charge of the campaign. -- Anna Meenan, MD, FAAFP At Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Grace Loehr wrote: > >> As for the award from the Chicago Lying in Hosptial, I >> believe the hospital is no more. > >Must be those damned midwives and that home-delivery stuff. Maybe they >should >build a "Chicago Lying-out Birthing Centre" or something. > >I wish -- that would be an improvement. > >Chicago Lying-In Hospital merged decades ago with University of Chicago >Hospitals. It was home to Dr Joseph De Lee, father of medicalized, >pathologized birthing practices in America. Back in the day maternity >hospitals were called "Lying-In" hospitals. > >U of C Hospitals finally eliminated their midwifery practice a couple >of years ago amid much local protest. That OB dept (and the nursing >dept) is one of the most toxic, pro-medicine, anti midwife departments >to be found anywhere (the medical students were saying this, too), and >when the director of MFM retired (he liked the midwives) the rest of >them kicked the midwives out -- and these weren't exactly your "crunchy >granola" midwives, either - they were wonderful women, but they >practiced more like residents, IMHO. > >Illinois isn't exactly a beacon of progress on the alternative birth >scene, either, or a friend to midwives, or APRNs, due to ACOG, AMA, >AHA, other major medical societies being centered in Chicago and having >highly paid lobbyists in Springfield. Illinois eliminated its lay >midwives a few years ago by prosecuting them all for practicing >medicine without a license -- they also hounded the School of Oriental >Medicine. I think there are still no freestanding birthing centers in >the state. > >Disgrace Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Breastfeeding in the States" In reply to: Grace Loehr: "Re: FRI Preeclampsia Solved"

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