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Rachael Larimore was raped years ago and survived. More recently, she has given birth three times, all of them via c-sections. Considering her history and experiences, she’s unsympathetic toward Arizona mom Joy Szabo and others who equate forced c-sections with rape.
She’s got a point, which she makes in the post, “Childbirth is Not Burger King. You Can’t Always Have it Your Way,” at Double X. But in arguing that Szabo’s use of “rape” is hurting rape victims, she errs in the same way she’s accusing Szabo of erring: that is, she makes assumptions about the trauma of other people’s experiences and diminishes that trauma in the process. Continue reading »
An Arizona mother who compared her hospital’s policy of not allowing VBACs to rape has come up with a solution to her dilemma: She’s moving 350 miles away to have her baby.
Joy Szabo (who infuriated Strollerderby’s commenters with her choice of words) can’t convince Page Hospital to let her deliver her fourth child vaginally because she’s had a prior c-section. Her third child was delivered vaginally in their hospital, but administrators have since changed their policy and refuse to budge. Continue reading »
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