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Homebirths under threat

Sep 2009
Home births could become illegal under proposed laws forcing midwives attending home births to be insured or face a hefty $30,000 fine. A recent protest by hundreds of women outside Parliament House, aptly called ‘The Mother of All Rallies’, went some way to solving the problem with Australia’s health ministers agreeing to a two-year fine exemption.

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