OT -- protest

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I thought some of you may be interested in this. I got it from someone

on another list (thanks Misha! and it seemed important enough to pass it

on. I am NOT trying to start a debate about c/sections!

Margaret

Hi ladies. Thought that this might interest some of you, and possibly

> hopefully maybe someone lives in the KC area and can give in-person

> support. This is a note posted to the ICAN list by one of the members

who

> is organizing a protest against this conference. Details below.

Thanks

> for reading!

>

> An OB/GYN conference sponsored by Truman Medical Center in Kansas

City,

> Missouri, is promoting MEDICALLY UNNECESSARY CESAREAN BIRTH. Lectures

offered

> include:

>

> Cesarean Section Goes Mainstream

> Strategies to Optimize a Cesarean Delivery Rate

> Cesarean Section: Is it Time to Change the Tune?

> Vaginal Delivery and Pelvic Floor Damage

> A debate " that normal [mothers] should be offered elective cesarean

section

> at term "

> Elective Cesarean Section at Term (38 weeks) as a Cost Control Measure

> Elective Cesarean Hysterectomy at Term for the Last Delivery

>

> The philosophy promoted in these lectures and others like them takes

the

> control of birth out of the hands of women. While we recognize that

there are

> occasions when cesarean section is appropriate, we want to make sure

these

> physicians know we want normal birth.

>

> The International Cesarean Awareness Network of Kansas City (ICAN of

KC) is

> organizing a letter writing campaign and demonstration, with media

> involvement. We will be visibly protesting Thursday and Friday, April

13 &

> 14, from 7:30-8:30am and 4-6:00pm at the Marriott Downtown at 13th and

> Wyandotte in Kansas City, Missouri. Bring babies, strollers, family

members

> and picket signs! Please forward this to others who value their right

to

> choose caregivers who respect the birthing process and what it means

to women

> and families. If you are unable to attend the demonstration, please

contact

> the organizers of this conference and voice your protest:

>

> Dr. Eugene Pearce

> Department OB/GYN

> 2301 Holmes

> KCMO 64108

> (816)556-3529

> (816)556-3556 (fax)

> Moonik@...

>

> Dr.

> Department OB/GYN

> 2301 Holmes

> KCMO 64108

> (816)556-3454

> J@...

>

> These two physicians are continuing to deny that this conference

promotes

> cesarean section. By merely focusing their conference on the use of

> unnecessary cesarean section, not to mention the focus of their

lectures,

> would indicate that that is not the case. Some members of the media

are

> taking notice and have agreed to write stories, but some of them are

giving

> me the brush-off. Without a really good turnout at the picket, I'm

afraid

> we'll get brushed under the rug and ignored as just a bunch of radical

> feminist weirdos. They don't seem to get the point, no matter how

hard I

> try. Thus contacting the media to ask them to do the story,

emphasizing the

> importance of it, are vital now. I will have an update to our website

> (http://hometown.aol.com/icanofkc) soon with names and numbers of

media

> persons that you can contact, asking them to do the story. I will let

> everyone know when that is up and running.

>

> Thanks so much for everyone's support. I really need more physical

bodies at

> the protest. I am offering my home for anyone who needs a place to

sleep, I

> have 3 kids of my own, so bring them too! It is very easy to shake my

head

> in shame at this, but actually physically taking action against it is

> difficult. If I want what happened to me never to happen to another

woman, I

> must STAND UP for what I believe. And sometimes that means sticking

my neck

> out. I'm hoping many other women will agree with me.

>

> -Anita

> Chapter Coordinator, The International Cesarean Awareness Network

> Leader, ICAN of Kansas City

> <A HREF= " http://hometown.aol.com/icanofkc " >ICAN of Kansas City</A>

>

>

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