"Does a mother not owe a duty of care to her baby? Should a mother not take reasonable care to protect the baby when she gives birth? And if she does not take reasonable care -- and the standard should be objective not subjective -- why should a baby who has sustained avoidable brain damage due to the mother's negligence not take action against his mother?"
When I read this part, I thought to myself... what if I replaced mother with doctor. Then it would say...
Does a doctor not owe a duty of care to a baby? Should a doctor not take reasonable care to protect the baby when delivering? And if s/he does not take reasonable care -- and the standard should be objective not subjective -- why should a baby who has sustained avoidable brain damage due to the doctor's negligence not take action against his doctor?
IMHO, if people are able to sue their parents over how their births went wrong, then people certainly SHOULD be able to sue the medical industry when they jump in to intervene too quickly and things go wrong as well.
my response:
Overall good article. and i highly disagree with that doc who said childbirth is the most dangerous thing a woman would do in her life (or something to that affect). What about all the women who go sky diving and such..surely that is much more dangerous than giving birth. Heck, i'd even say that driving a car could be more dangerous than giving birth.
I also think women who do this are a bit more in tune with their bodies, because they aren't relying on someone else.
And yes, i will still freebirth despite what people say.
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