ICEA joins CIMS and takes a stand for patient choice.

In response to a biased and sensationalized segment featured on NBC"s The Today Show, CIMS along with 44 co-signing organiztions (ICEA included) reiterated their support for informed patient decision-making in a strong statement that sites the research evidence regarding the safe choises of home birth and midwifery care.

The segment, "The Perils of Midwifery" (later renamed "The Perils of Home Birth" online), which aired on Sept. 11, inaccurately implied that hospitals are the safest place for low-risk women to give birth and mischaracterized women who choose home birth as 'hedonists,' going so far as to suggest that these women are putting their birth experiences above the safety of their babies.  Neither could be further from the truth.

Read the full correspondence, including the research citations, in CIMS’ One Voice Response to The Today Show (PDF).