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• Childbirth Smackdown: It’s Called The Natural for a Reason

  We are a Nation doped up on hypocrisy and anesthetized to the double-standard wherein one group is pardoned for the same actions for which another is condemned. One where the reputations and records of baseball immortals like 7-time Cy Young award winning pitcher Roger Clemens, All-time Home Run Champion Barry Bonds and former Viagra Spokesperson Rafael Palmerio are tarnished forever for a SINGLE positive drug test or for the ALLEGED use of performance enhancing drugs; yet it’s the same country in which women can openly, knowingly and brazenly take drugs during labor to enhance the performance of their delivery. Read More... Posted Feb 11 2008, 08:00 AM by makeitadouble with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: drug-free birth, natural child birth, epidural, steroid use, smackdown, The Natural

• Top Medical Journal Pulls Out Scalpels for Circumcision Smackdown

  There’s a high-level smackdown going on in a respected medical journal. Two doctors make their case for and against something regulars on parenting message boards and websites have been hashing out for years: circumsizing baby boys. But instead of calling each other vicious mutilaters or cultural imperialists, they use big words, studies and analogies to make their cases. One of the writers points out that non-therapeutic foreskin removal ... Read More... Posted Dec 10 2007, 02:36 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: research study, circumcision, FGM, smackdown, British Medical Journal