Well, I haven't had a chance to read the report that was "leaked" to the AMA, but if it honestly says that homebirths in WA in the specific period they examined had this significantly higher neonatal mortality, than I guess the question we really need to be asking is not "should we ban homebirth in WA" but "why is homebirth in WA so different to homebirth in the rest of the world?"

But always remember, the last report the AMA endorsed about homebirth actually managed to twist the definition significantly enough that it included babies born in hospital as "homebirth", so perhaps not the most trustworthy of sources...