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2023-06-26 00:04:43 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no conclusive evidence that home births are safer. Many home births include self-selection biases, such as people with few anticipated complications staying home while higher-risk pregnancies go to a hospital. Explanations of complexities in studying the topic here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742151/

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• There is no conclusive evidence that home births are safer. Many home births include self-selection biases, such as people with few anticipated complications staying home while higher-risk pregnancies go to a hospital. Explanations of complexities in studying the topic here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742151/