"Midwives are the most cost-effective and appropriate 
primary caregivers for all childbearing women in all
instances and in all settings.
Home is the most appropriate  birth setting for most
childbearing women."   World Health Organization, 1986
"Midwifery belongs to the people.  It is a fundamental
human right for a woman to choose the manner in which she will give birth."  Ina May Gaskin CPM