Here's the link without the ":5037" portion of the URL (dunno why Science Direct is including this unusual port # in their URLs):
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Excluding a minoritised group of children from social activities on the basis of threats, hate, and unjust laws is not acceptable. You don't have to accept it.

Have you played any of the game, The Darkest Files? Really curious what you would think of that. It’s an aspect of German history I knew very little about.

Yeah the way they talk about babies dying is chilling. 😕 And again, not necessarily how folk would think/would have thought about pregnancy losses even in contexts where they are/were much more common events.

I guess it’s probably been developing for a while? The ideas of “therapeutic crisis” etc from homeopathy are based on a similar thought. But no doubt social media has massively accelerated that kind of thinking, especially as it’s increasingly tied in with elements of the alt right.

Ooh! Also I do think there are some historical precedents for people resisting medical advice - there are political cartoons from 19th C London making out that cholera wasn’t a thing… and there have been various anti-vax ideas well before 20th C too.

…Interesting to note their increasing ties with the alt right and trad wife type values too).

…significant medical debt just having a baby. I can understand how women get radicalised into this. (On a related note, I think the article is mistaken to say the FBM isn’t like any know definition of a cult. It’s *exactly* the model of how women get radicalised online especially by other women…

…understanding where ‘freebirthing’ comes from is understanding that misogyny (+/- racism) in healthcare remains a major issue, as is over-intervention and psychologically unsafe care. That’s bad enough if your health service is free at the point of use but worse in countries where you get into…

…starting point for most people with referrals on to obstetrics and other branches of medicine as needed. This balances the risks of ‘freebirthing’ (which clearly are considerable across a population as the article shows) vs the risks of unnecessary obstetric intervention. I think part of…

Only responding now as it took me a while to read! Worth the time though. I tend to agree with you but I think it’s not always “medical” advice that is best or safest in the context of birth, in the UK setting at least. Midwifery care (as in trained and regulated midwifery care) should be the…