Below you will find one of the Power Point presentations used by one of the speakers, which talk about the effects of cesarean birth on the newborn. It is one of the topics that concerns our organization as we try to help mothers and fathers to make educated decisions about methods of birth and how they impact the well-being of our babies.

2010 VBAC Summit Topic: Conversations about the reality of maternity care in the United States:  Skyrocketing cesarean rates and the decline in vaginal births after cesareans.

Make sure to click with your mouse on each slide to go to the next.

http://www.vbacsummit.org
Speakers:
Nancy Wainer, CPM
Dr. Magloire, OB-GYN
R. Zachary Pearson-Martinez, MD FAAP
Tamara Taitt, MS

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Please join us in Boston to voice your
support for the Massachusetts MGM Bill! [link]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
1:00 pm
Hearing Room A-1
The Massachusetts State House24 [link]
Beacon Street  [link]
Boston, MA 02108
Directions [link]
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Massachusetts MGM Bill Status [link]
Massachusetts MGM Bill History [link]
Committee Hearing Tips [link]

Please also email your written testimony and/or a link to your video testimony [link] in support of the bill before March 2nd by writing to:  

Michael Avitzur, Legislative Counsel (Michael.Avitzur@state.ma.us)
 and
Rep. Eugene O’ Flaherty, House Judiciary Chair (Rep.GeneOFlaherty@hou.state.ma.us)

with a copy to these other Judiciary Committee members:

Senator Cynthia Creem, Senate Judiciary Chair (Cynthia.Creem@state.ma.us)
Senator Steven Baddour, Senate Judiciary Vice-Chair (Steven.Baddour@state.ma.us)
Senator Gale Candaras (Gale.Candaras@State.MA.US)
Senator Jack Hart (John.Hart@state.ma.us)
Senator Thomas McGee (Thomas.McGee@state.ma.us)
Senator Bruce Tarr (Bruce.Tarr@state.ma.us)

Rep. Christopher Speranzo, House Judiciary Vice-Chair (Rep.ChristopherSperanzo@Hou.State.MA.US)
Rep. James Fagan (Rep.JamesFagan@hou.state.ma.us)
Rep. Colleen Garry (Rep.ColleenGarry@hou.state.ma.us)
Rep. Marie St. Fleur (Rep.MarieSt.Fleur@hou.state.ma.us)
Rep. John Fernandes (Rep.JohnFernandes@Hou.State.MA.US)
Rep. Katherine Clark (Rep.KatherineClark@HOU.State.MA.US)
Rep. James Dwyer (Rep.JamesJDwyer@hou.state.ma.us)
Rep. Danielle Gregoire (Rep.DanielleGregoire@hou.state.ma.us)
Rep. Lewis Evangelidis (Rep.LewisEvangelidis@hou.state.ma.us)
Rep. Daniel Webster (Rep.DanielWebster@hou.state.ma.us)

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