While homebirth is not for me, I think everyone should have the choice and access to those resources. What ever happened to balanced journalism? The thing is if you only look for bad experiences that is all you will find, same as if you only look for good. As for making home births 'illegal'. what are they going to do, fine you if you give birth at home? Take you to court? I feel sorry for the IM's who will lose their careers over this, or risk de-registration if they continue. I don't know if I would want to go back to the hospital system after working in the community. Seriously though the whole system needs a complete overhaul. Wouldn't it be great if these midwives could work out of a hospital and so be covered by the hospital but still provide the same service they did before? Insurance companies have a lot to answer for in my opinion. AAAHHHH I'm rambling, sorry about that, but this whole situation is slightly absurd. I do agree that I think the piece was publish purely to generate traffic to the website and create controversy rather then inform.