Comments on: May 30 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-30-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-30-roundup Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: E-Bell http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-30-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-7474 E-Bell Wed, 30 May 2007 08:54:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4950#comment-7474 The closing of midwifery practices in the Washington area hit us close to home. My wife was a patient at the Takoma Women's Health Center before some complications forced us to begin seeing a traditional OB/GYN. We were sad to hear that the OB practice that sponsored them cut them off due to rising malpractice insurance costs. We have since given birth to a healthy baby boy, but I can't help but think that midwifery is a low-cost alternative to being attended by a slew of doctors and nurses during a normal birth. The closing of midwifery practices in the Washington area hit us close to home.

My wife was a patient at the Takoma Women’s Health Center before some complications forced us to begin seeing a traditional OB/GYN. We were sad to hear that the OB practice that sponsored them cut them off due to rising malpractice insurance costs.

We have since given birth to a healthy baby boy, but I can’t help but think that midwifery is a low-cost alternative to being attended by a slew of doctors and nurses during a normal birth.

]]> By: JKoerner http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-30-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-7473 JKoerner Wed, 30 May 2007 02:43:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4950#comment-7473 Is Chicago's smoking ban for plays constitutional? If the smoking in the plays is speech (this is a legitimate argument) then is this not censorship subject to a first amendment challenge? Even with a nanny state balancing test I cannot believe anyone thinks a cigarette or 12 actually causes damage secondhand, at least not enough to condone prior restraint. Is Chicago’s smoking ban for plays constitutional? If the smoking in the plays is speech (this is a legitimate argument) then is this not censorship subject to a first amendment challenge? Even with a nanny state balancing test I cannot believe anyone thinks a cigarette or 12 actually causes damage secondhand, at least not enough to condone prior restraint.

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