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: 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: 0

Claim: Women should 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: 1

Claim: Women should not 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: 0

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: prison is a safe place
Warrant 1: prison is not a safe place
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Women should 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: 0

Claim: Women should 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: 0

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Home birth is safe for healthy women.
Warrant 0: a woman can find out how healthy a delivery will be before it is upon her
Warrant 1: a woman cannot know how health a delivery will be until it is upon her
Correct warrant: 0

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: they're doing that
Warrant 1: they haven't done that yet
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Women should 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: I would like that experience to not be unique to myself
Warrant 1: I would like that experience to be unique to myself
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Women should be encouraged to have kids at home
Reason: Home birth is safe for healthy women.
Warrant 0: It is possible to know which women are healthy
Warrant 1: It is impossible to know which women are healthy
Correct warrant: 0