Birth Action Coalition Our Bodies, Our Babies, Our Births

Community activist organization to bring together members of community who are concerned and outraged to protest a recent policy approved at by St. John’s Hospital (St. John’s is part of Catholic Healthcare West).

On Friday, February 12 from 11:00am until 1:00pm members and supporters of the Birth Action Coalition (BAC) will gather in front of St. John’s Hospital & Corporate Offices (at the corner of Rose & Gonzalez) in Oxnard to protest the policy banning nurse-midwives from attending births at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo. The policy was approved by the Medical Executive Committee at St. John’s and was supported by the Board of Directors. BAC is holding this protest to further our mission of creating a supportive birth environment for all birthing women in our area by demanding that St. Johns’ reinstate the privileges of all nurse-midwives at Pleasant Valley Hospital.  read more »