Pregnancy

"There has never been a better time to give birth than the present day. Modern medicine provides us with well equipped hospitals, advanced technologies, and an array of drugs that all help to make labour a more comfortable and safer experience." - University of Bristol, Research News, 2006. But is that true?

"Despite medical interventions during pregnancy and birth maternal mortality has remained unchanged in the US since 1982" - Center for Disease Control, 2007".

Pregnancy and birth are big business. One quarter of hospital admittances are for normal child birth. Medical corporations want you to think they have your best interests at heart. Yet Obstetric care has often lacked scientific support for its practices.

A video prepared for a seminar class on corporations.