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© 2008 BirthNet
Founded in 2000, BirthNet is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public about maternity care in order to improve it.
BirthNet's goal is to encourage all women and families to learn about their rights and options during the childbearing year. Birth options, such as where, with whom, and how to give birth, are reproductive rights.
We work to improve maternity care for women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, races, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and socio-economic circumstances.
BirthNet coordinates programs with our Speakers Bureau. Our primary programs include:
- education in the classroom (middle school through college)
- community forums or workshops
- media outreach
- gathering and distributing information about maternity care
- networking with professionals and policy makers
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Donations to BirthNet are tax-deductible, and we need your support! Contribute to BirthNet so that we can continue to offer education programs and maternity-care information to the community.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7pm
Sanctuary for Independent Media
3361 6th Ave, North Troy, NY 12181; (518) 272-2390
Panel Discussion to Follow Film
$10/ $5 for students & low income
Cosponsored by:
The Eastern New York Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives
Local Care Midwifery
Capital Region Doulas
Family Life Center
Acclaimed documentary Orgasmic Birth brings the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths by inviting viewers to see the emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth. Director Debra Pascali-Bonaro shares what she calls the "best-kept secret" as we witness women in the ecstatic release of childbirth.
For more information, contact Carolyn Keefe from BirthNet at (518) 482-2504 or birthnet@birthnewyork.org.
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Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal. Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency? |
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