… The pain of childbirth is not without purpose and chemical means of avoiding the pain of childbirth holds many potential risks for the baby and the birth process. We also acknowledge that birth is not always without risk, but we believe that life is not without risk. There are a lot of things more risky than birth. Birth is not the act of rescuing a baby or a mother from death or danger. Mothers are not the enemy of their babies and babies are not going to destroy their mothers in bi …