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I'd like to find out how much the guest on your show had to pay for her attempted birth at the birthing center and then at OHSU.  

From what I understand, many who attempt birth at a birthing center and then have to go to the hospital end up getting hit twice with medical bills - they have to pay both the birthing center (even though the baby didn't end up being born there) and the hospital.  

This puts an undue burden on families.  If there is a strong possibility that the baby will have to be delivered at the hospital anyway, birthing centers should be clear with patients about this.  They should also be upfront about the cost of this.

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I would really like to hear what these men think the role of families is in this issue.  They have talked about religion, about law enforcement, etc.  But they have not mentioned parents.  Aren't parents the one who are supposed to offer the hope that they say is missing?

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I absolutely think coaches and teachers should face harsher punishment for sex offenses.  These individuals are placed in a position of trust that is different than other positions. Each day, parents drop their children off at school, entrusting their most prized possessions to the staff of those schools.  The public trust has been placed in schools to keep those children safe.  Those that violate that trust begin a systemic erosion of these institutions.  The offenders not only harm the individual, but the system.  

This falls along the same lines as sex abuse by clergy members.  There is something different about abuse by those placed in a position of trust, placed in a position to care for our children.  It is not only that they abused these children, but that their primary role was to care for the children they abused.  The harm to the individual is horrific regardless of who committed the crime; however, in these cases the harm is also to society and its trusted institutions.

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