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Press release 28 June 2006, Birthing women condemned to third-world care

Maternity Coalition is a national umbrella organisation committed to the advancement of best-practice maternity care for all Australian women and their families.

The Maternity Coalition Inc. (MC) is a national non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian consumer advocacy organisation. MC acts as an umbrella organisation to bring together support groups and individuals for effective lobbying, information sharing, networking and support in maternity services.

MC believes in the importance of women uniting their efforts and sharing skills and resources to achieve beneficial changes in the health care system in the interests of improving birthing services.

MC supports consumer and midwife participation at all levels of health policy planning, decision-making and service delivery.

The Maternity Coalition Philosophy:

Maternity Coalition:

encourages a woman-centred approach to the birth process;
regard pregnancy and childbirth as normal physiological processes, not illnesses;
stresses the social, cultural and psychological factors influencing childbirth;
supports midwives as the primary caregivers for women in normal birth;
emphasises women's rights to make informed choices about their caregiver and place of birth;
promotes continuous assessment and critical evaluation of technologies used in maternity care;
supports the development of services sensitive to women's varied cultural and physical needs.

Who belongs to The Maternity Coalition Inc.?

MC brings together activists with a broad spectrum of skills and extensive experience as advocates, educators and researchers in the area of childbirth and women's health.

We have both individual and organisational members including midwives, childbirth educators, mothers and other interested individuals. Maternity Coalition is a national organisation and branches have been established in most states. To find out more about meetings and state activities, see state branches.

Maternity Coalition, as an umbrella organisation, has a wide range of organisational members across Australia. For details see Member Organisations. We welcome new members, both organisations and individuals see how to join All members receive our quarterly "Birth Matters" Journal.

Maternity Coalition relies on membership subscriptions and donations to fund the organisation's activities.

To keep in touch through an online discussion list, "Ozbirthing Community" http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ozbirthing/

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