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It is axiomatic among "natural" childbirth advocates and homebirth advocates that an unmedicated childbirth is an empowering experience. I would like to make three claims about this. First, by definition, it is impossible to be empowered by a normal bodily function. Second, that the use of empowered in this setting bears no relationship to the actual meaning of the word, and third, that "empowered" is simply a code word for "better than other women".
~Amy Tuteur, MD