Judy Jones Found Guilty

This is such devastating news - not just for Judy and her family but for all women in South Dakota and the surrounding states who want an alternative to hospital births. It's so maddening to listen to all of the inaccuracies spouted off by the media, and I'm so saddened to think how far this has set the homebirth movement back. I'm very, very scared to think of what choices I'll face when and if I'm pregnant again. If there's no one available to assist in a homebirth, what do I do? I just can't stomach the thought of going to a hospital after experiencing the birth I did with Cole - at home and unassisted. At this point, I don't feel brave enough to plan an unassisted birth from the start, but it sounds much more appealing to me than trying to fight off the medical establishment while I birth my baby.

What can I do? How can I help? I feel so small and so useless against the powers that be.