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I come from a long line of women who have had their babies at home.  My Mother was born in 1933, she was delivered by her Grandmother and she was a month premature.  She was a very healthy, strong child.  I had both of my daughters with a mid-wife at a birthing center in 1977 and 1978.  I am proud that both of my daughters have chosen to use mid-wives for the birth of their children.  Hospitals are for emergencies and for sickness - birthing children is definately not a sickness and many times not an emergency.  The mid-wives I have been honored to know have always been caring, intelligent, mindful professionals.  Let's give them our support and provide Mothers and Fathers with options for the birth of their children.

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I was born and raised in John Day like the person before me.  I know these people and most of them are really salt of the earth types.  Like any place there are folks who aren't representative of most of the people, but they are loud, insulting, and rude and in a small place like John Day are noticed quickly.  Please don't judge the community by these people!  They are not the majority.  All of my family still lives there and I have young neices and nephews who go to school there.  I am proud of how they are standing up for their community and their way of life. 

Please stand with them to help keep the AN out of Grant County and all of Oregon. 

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