Embattled midwife draws home birth supporters
A Southern Illinois group forms to inform on home birth options and set up a trust for Maggie Jihan’s legal expenses after a birth that ended in an infant’s death. If unresolved, funds go to the Southern Illinois Birth Center in Anna.
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Brenda Sprague
Southern Illinoisan
Maggie Jihan
Ms. Jihan
Southern Illinois Birth Center
Anna
Jennifer Boyd-Cole
Margaret Howard Robbins
Janet Benzel
Kathy Livingston
Karen Greenberg
Hedy Sherman
John Patrick Russell
Southern Illinois
George
Oine
Police Notes: Woman Killed In Truck Collision
A car driven by J. Holbrook 30 Elizabethtown collided with a tractor trailer north of Cave in Rock killing Holbrook and injuring Randall Holbrook 21 who was taken to Hardin County Hospital. The truck was driven by Daniel H. McGee 41 of Cave in Rock. Bruce A. Ticer 36 Murphysboro was charged with DUI after a crash at 14th and South streets. Richard Tarr 29 Du Quoin was found with a motorcycle beside U S 51 near De Soto. Two Carbondale youths and a correctional center inmate were charged in Jackson County break-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Holbrook
Elizabethtown
Randall K. Holbrook
Cave In Rock
Daniel H. McGee
Illinois
Richard Tarr
du Quoin
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
U.S. 51
de Soto
Correctional Center
Jackson County
Francis
Bud’’ Barnett
Carbondale Mobile Homes
Grant Hinde
Route 4
Home Births and Cultural Rights Highlight Midwife Views
Maggie Jihan advocates for home births and birth centers arguing for family and cultural rights, citing global norms where home birth is common. She recalls assisting Dr. Fauntleroy and Ms. Feral, noting mostly incident free births with one minor complication requiring hospital transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. Jihan
Nessa
Seth
Jennifer Boyd-Cole
Maggie
Jennifer Fauntleroy
Carbondale
Feral
Jihan
Holland
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Margaret Robbins
Rivanna
Joseph Billock
Marion
Jane Benzel
Randall Holbrook
Hardin County Hospital
Murphysboro
Bruce A. Ticer
14Th and
South Streets
Ticer
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association
Rte
ST. Louis
Miami
Los Angeles
New York
Frankfurt
Rome
Italy
Chicago
Baer
S. Illinois Carbondale
N. 11Th St
Williamson County
Borgsmiller
Golden Scissors OF
Rich’s
West Park Plaza
Roy Richard Cox
Levolor
W. Main
Sizzlin
Ted End
University Mall
Amazon
Shasa Apso Schipperke
Mardale
Kawasaki
Southern Performance Kawasaki
So. Ili
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