Debate: Is Home Birth Ever a Safe Choice?
Should more women be encouraged to have kids at home?

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Instead of having children at home, hospitals should work to improve their services and environment.
Warrant 0: hospitals won't try to improve
Warrant 1: hospitals will try to improve
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Writer had daughter with entangled cord and the doctor was helpful.
Warrant 0: most midwives couldn't handle something like that easily in a home birth
Warrant 1: this is a rare occurrence and most midwives could handle something like that easily in a home birth
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: There are lower infant and maternal mortality rates in places with higher percentages of home births.
Warrant 0: lower infant mortality rates aren't natural
Warrant 1: higher infant mortality rates in the hospital aren't natural
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: The hospital environment made me feel like I was a prisoner from the start.
Warrant 0: you need to follow orders for birth to be successful
Warrant 1: you don't need to follow orders for birth to be successful
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Both of my home births had no problems or risks.
Warrant 0: most every case is the same
Warrant 1: not every case is the same
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: My home birth experience is indescribable, it was the best decision I ever made.
Warrant 0: one experience doesn't amount to the experiences of everyone
Warrant 1: one experience can be an example to the experiences of everyone
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Midwives are better at prenatal care than doctors.
Warrant 0: they can treat emergency situations like c-sections or bleeding out
Warrant 1: they cannot treat emergency situations like c-sections or bleeding out
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Hospital births have high mortality rates.
Warrant 0: home birth death rates don't exceed the high rates of hospitals
Warrant 1: home birth death rates far exceed the high rates of even hospitals
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Home birth is safe for healthy women.
Warrant 0: all women are healthy and there are not many health risks that can go masked throughout pregnancy
Warrant 1: not all women are healthy and there are many health risks that can go masked throughout pregnancy
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Complications with one delivery at home could have resulted in death but was easily mitigated in ICU.
Warrant 0: every delivery is the same, many people haven't safely delivered kids at home
Warrant 1: one delivery is not every delivery, many people have safely delivered kids at home
Correct warrant: 1