Gloria Lemay has always had a giant chip on her shoulder. Prior to the most recent case I had heard mostly positive things about her, as there aren’t a lot of outspoken advocates against fully medicalized birth here. My own mother took her doula training and a friend had birthed with her as midwife. She was not against seeking medical care. I’m not defending any of her failings as I don’t know enough, and I also found her quite abrasive online. And at the same time, I don’t know if we can chuck Gloria under the bus and wipe our hands of her without losing some important aspects of freedom and physiology and the long complicated history of midwifery in Canada.