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	<title>My Birth — Know your rights in labour. Protect your baby and protect your body. Get informed. &#187; maternity reform</title>
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		<title>Informed choice, consent and the law: the legalities of “yes I can” and “no I won’t” by Ann Catchlove</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Informed decision making as a human right.
Being able to make decisions about what happens to our bodies is a basic human right — it goes to an individual’s fundamental autonomy, dignity and bodily integrity, as reflected in article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that “everyone has the right to life, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Votes for Birth Choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take Action during the Federal Election to protect women&#8217;s birth choices.

Tell your Federal election candidates that you want them to remove  the doctor&#8217;s veto over women&#8217;s access to Medicare for midwives. Ask them  if they will commit to doing this if elected.
Tell your candidates that you want them to protect women&#8217;s rights to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Eve of International Women&#8217;s Day the fight for Women’s Rights continues in Australia. . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Meares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
By Lilea Propadalo (Edited version published in the Newcastle Herald)

Who would have thought that after all these decades that women would be fighting for essential rights again?  I certainly didn’t.  We have had a government that has promoted Midwifery care for women and Paid Maternity Leave….it seemed so promising.
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