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1 July 3, 2008 - 9:41pm | aksurfmom
Are you being denied a VBAC?
Dear Friends,
As you are likely aware, many women are denied access to VBAC (Vaginal birth after cesarean) because of hospital policies and outright bans. Attorneys
with the Northwest Women's Law Center in Seattle are looking at this issue. She is investigating possible legal responses to bans on vaginal birth after cesarean at hospitals in the northwest states Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon. If you are currently pregnant and want to have a VBAC, but are facing a hospital or insurance policy that would require you to have a c-section regardless of whether you want it and regardless of whether it isactually medically necessary, and you are willing to consider working with a lawyer on this, we'd like to talk with you. Please respond to:
vbacbanhelp@ican-online.org
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