The Case for Midwifery

Comparing WHO recommendations to U.S. statistics, American mothers appear largely dependent upon the health care industry for what is otherwise a routine aspect of life. Are U.S. mothers simply privileged, or they victims of what has been dubbed the Maternity Industrial Complex where a dependency upon medicine places the cost of each child birth in the tens of thousands? Guest: Susan Hodges, President of Citizens for Midwifery.