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: Homebirths with proper supervision are safer than hospital births.
Warrant 0: it's easy to find appropriate supervision
Warrant 1: it's difficult to find appropriate supervision
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: There is no grounds for avoiding the hospital for a major medical event in order to avoid infection.
Warrant 0: homes can be cleaned and sterilized and a midwife is properly trained to handle labor and delivery
Warrant 1: homes can't be cleaned and sterilized and a midwife aren't properly trained to handle labor and delivery
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Mothers and babies have a better chance of surviving emergencies in a hospital.
Warrant 0: medical help is often too far away
Warrant 1: medical help is never too far away
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Midwives are better at prenatal care than doctors.
Warrant 0: prenatal care is partially delivering a child
Warrant 1: prenatal care is not delivering a child
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Even if home births are usually safe, they will always be less safe than hospitals.
Warrant 0: that margin is pretty large
Warrant 1: that margin is pretty small
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Having a birth at home with a qualified midwife allowed me to have control of the birthing process in a natural and comfortable manner.
Warrant 0: being comfortable while giving birth diminishes the experience
Warrant 1: being comfortable while giving birth enhances the experience
Correct warrant: 0

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: more dead babies will not help reduce the out of control population growth many places are experiencing
Warrant 1: more dead babies will help reduce the out of control population growth many places are experiencing
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: The hospital environment made me feel like I was a prisoner from the start.
Warrant 0: prison is a safe place
Warrant 1: prison is not a safe place
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Home birth is safe for healthy women.
Warrant 0: hospitals can have higher mortality rates
Warrant 1: Hospitals have higher mortality rates.
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should not be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Homebirths with proper supervision are safer than hospital births.
Warrant 0: proper supervision is almost always  attained
Warrant 1: proper supervision is almost always never attained
Correct warrant: 1