I know a chiro who offers doula services (although only in collaboration with a midwife) so it's not so strange.

However if the chiro was acting in the capacity of a midwife that is very wrong, she was way overstepping her expertise.

How sad that this freebirth went so wrong. Please let this story reach the ears of Nicola Roxon et al, this will happen again and again if they let doctors veto who is allowed a homebirth. Women will continue to birth at home and if high risk women are unsupported in homebirth they are more likely to face disaster.