lovely spontaneous birth at home" that justifies quadriplegia? One in 1000? One in 1000 000? Anything?" What about hospital birth though? Now what risk could a parent take to have a 'safe birth in hospital' that justifies a emergency C-Section due to FTP'/shift change/oxytocin repressing birthing envionment, haemorrhage due to cord tugging/strict 2nd stage time limits/synto or MRSA infection? One in 1000? Anything? Why are parents not allowed to make a truly informed choice by being made aware of the risks & benefits of home *and* hospital? When was the last time you wrote an article about a mother and baby dying because of poor care in a hospital? .......thought not. this article is just stupid. it is obviously so biased and under informed. it was written by young men, right? just putting a bet out there on that. blank judgements and limiting women's choices and inducing fear are misogynistic and backwards. hospital births are far, far more injurious and risky. i have had both and can speak from experience. i have many friends who have had terrible hospital births with long term injuries to mother and baby, and while i know only one person who had a home birth and it was negative. all others were ecstatic with their choice of home birth. i wonder if these so-called authors checked any facts, did any interviews, looked through any other references than these two articles that they cite. this article is completely sensationalized rubbish. get a clue, guys. you "contend