Friday, May 16, 2008

Final Numbers on VBAC Bans in Arkansas

Final Numbers on VBAC Bans in Arkansas! Local moms polled 44 hospitals that have Labor and Delivery Units and almost half of them ALLOW VBAC. You can access more information on the ICAN website at www.ican-online.org by selecting the Advocacy Link. Then search ICAN’s Hospital VBAC Policy Database by state or zip code to find out if your local hospital bans VBACs or not.

Barbara Stratton, a national VBAC activist who reversed several bans, has opened up a national yahoo group for people actively working on reversing bans across the nation. VBACtivist@yahoogroups.com. This is a great place for people to share ideas and strategy with people all over the country. She only wants people to join who are actively working on reversing bans. If you are interested please join the group. There are already several women from Arkansas on the group talking about ideas for activism, including legislation.