Community
Home birth services discontinued
Malpractice insurance costs too much
Bs Im Hollander
Emerald ( ontributor
The home birthing services offered bs the
Nurse Midwifers Birthing Nerve e of the Eugene
( linit J'll \\ tilth Ave have been disc.nntimied
bei ause of the high cost of in.iIpr.u Ik e insurant e
I he searls premiums paid b\ obstetrii unis
on malpractii e insurant e int leased from the IflH-t
figure of SlTi.tifiU to the present rate of $'>1.01)0
This is one reason tli.it the Eugene (ilinit h.is de
titled to si 111 > home birth prat lice the clinic is
"interested in controlling m.dpr.it In e lialnlits
saul E\a Smekans t him spokesperson
Smekans also menlionetl the int leased risk of
problems ot t urring during .1 home birth I he
imrse-midu ives provide the e(|uipment anil sup
plies net.essarv. but the distant e between the
home and mud it al 1 are t an he a negative tat tin 111
an emergent \
Home birth servite is one ot three provided
h\ the t ertifit'll midwives. who operate under the
umbrella ot the obstetrii inns at the Eugene ( linn
The other services Birth ( .enter and hospital
birth will not he allot ted In the dot isum and
commitments on home births before I eh lotto
will he honored
"We.. sorrs that we re not going to he
able to continue service." said Smekans i he
decision was based on the t onsider.ition ot all as
pet Is III the program
Although there are mans families in the E11
gene area who favor home birth, the Eugene ( I in
it approximates that Ita pert ent ot their clients
use the hospital program ill vs hn It delivers is
usual Is performed at Sacred Heart ( .enei a I Hus pi
la I with I hi’ assistant r of a mill-wiff I hr rrinai n
ini; 1 "i pert ml is divided between home anil
Until i enter use
With thr ilisi ontinunlion ol tin* hurnr i»|>tinn
parents who hair i hosen this method in Ihr past
will havf two r.hoioi's One would hr ilrlivrr\
through a l.is midwife a woman operating with
out Oregon mnln al i rrtifii ation though thrsr
mitlw lies provide a valuablr serine thr ink is
slight I\ highlit when pnlhlrin births oi i in
As Smrk.illS said 'Some proplr will I lioosr
to havr homr birth regardless ol who delivers thr
lialn Sm h births ma\ involvr untrainril bus
bands or Irirnds
Another i him r is thr birth < rntri
I don't i onsidrr llirrr to hr nun h diffrrirni r
between thr two. said Mil hrllr I’rtrrs ( ,irr a
Wilts nurse midw dr drsirihing thr (enters
i omtorlablr homelike almosphrrr Its vrrv
prrsonal i/.rd
t )nr midwife billows thr progress and drill
rr\ ol thr li.ilu throughout thr trim ol pirgnant i
but mill mil r Ihr inothri has met i rrtnin low ink
i riteria
Ihr ( ruler has llirrr birth rooms all tin
dished in a dr< idedlv hoinr oriented style Ihr
largest room is in thr Iron! ol thr ipurt house \
linker i rad In hangs in the window nearbv a
roi king chair sits in a sun dappled i nrnrr I lie
bed is covered with a quill and provides ample
room tor am partu ipants in the birthing pirn r-.s
Orient.ition visits are rmoiiraged (and tree)
al the ( rntri. i all 4H4 • si. to anatigr a i isil I hr
\ursr Midwilr Sm n r is |o< alrd it "It \\ I
Street
Students celebrate coming out
Ms \ndrcss N.u hisun
I niernld C ontributor
(..i\s lesbians .mil bisexuals
un i ampos (elebrated National
< oniing Out l).i\ Wednesday
gathering for a him htime r.dlv
m the I Alt t nul ls ard
National (aiming (tut Das is
a das gass. lesbians and
bisexuals to publicly announce
their homosexuality. With a
theme ol gas pride, about 10
people formed a i in le and in
I rtidlM ed thelllsels es
the rails began and ended
ssilli a song and dame to the
tune ol |he Hokes Pokes
) oil put s our ss hole sell
out sou put sour ss hole sell
out sou put sour whole sell
out and sou shake it all about
loll do the la ikes pokes and
sou turn yourself around, that's
ss hat it's all about, flies sang.
hollowing the tost singing ol
the song some members ol the
ini le introdm ed themselves
and made brief ( omments
Most stated boss long it had
been sim e tiles ( atne out cm
phusi/mg great pride in their
homosexual it)
I hiring the rails one student
shouted. "Out together, queer
loreser." and "Two. four. six.
eight Hors do you knovs sour
grandma's straight?
The rails was jointly spon
sored bv the l ias and Lesbian
Alliance, the Willamette AIDS
(.'numil and the Lesbian and
(ias I .ass Students' Assoi iatiou
"The rails today is about
(oming out as gass and tesbi
ans " Ann Maker of (IA1.A
said.
"Mut there's kind ol two dif
ferent parts to it 1 think Pen
pie ss ho are out ot the ( Inset ot
ten get kind ol forgotten I inlay
is to support people svho .ire al
reads out but it's also to let the
people svho aren't out of the
( Inset knoss that it's reads < Us
and that there is support lor
them,’' M.ikei said
I his is to let tile people
Ill'll' at lilt' 1' il I v I'lsity k III >\\
lli.it iIsi'ii' .in' htsbiiiiis .mil Kays
wliti .in' .1 part ill this t .1 tit|ms
,iltd th.ii ivi' tt' promt to li*' w ho
wo art: anil ivt' an- out said
laint's I’ht'lps. in ill rut tor ol tin'
l.i'sliian ami (lay Law Slmli'iits
Assoi iation
' I ht' coiniri(4 out prot.t'ss is
\ ary ilitlit till foi anyonr
I ’In-11 is said "Si mi' wo an- a
minoril\ Irving •" In- at i opted
l>\ thf niajoi il\ it's a ilittii nil
I>rt>i fss II \mi < an tin it w ill] a
lot ol proplt: it inakfs It a littlf
raster
()iii rally part it ipant .iul hr
was a former ministri, anil that
(inti lull's \on no matti'l who
you art' Xnofltnr part it ipant
ili'inaniii'il a bint ott ol liiinn
im's I’mz.t, saving lli.it llumi
no s donated SUHI mill to an
anti abortion group One worn
an .nnioiun nil she svas lesbian
amt single
A lot ol people leel realty
intimiilaterl about ■ inning out
amt ss e ss anteil to pri>v iile an
opportunity for people to leel
supported In then gay brut tiers
anti lesbian sisters said ladd
1 oliias oulreat h dim toi ol
U illaniette Aids ( mini il
' Tills rails Is to let people
bum that sve are i wn ss lie re
I oln.is said 'We are soil!
neighbors and sour students
and your teat.tiers and sour
dm tors That is to sas I in < )h
S InTIe t )h Isn't it '-’leal to be
gas '
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