"In it, the Canadian ex-doula Yolande Norris-Clark falsely links ultrasounds to autism and ADHD and states that ultrasound damages and modifies and destroys cells. Yolande Norris-Clark in an episode of The Complete Guide to Freebirth. Photograph: FBS Norris-Clark, who was born in Vancouver, is arguably the most famous freebirth influencer in the world. She is also a key figure in FBS, a US company run by her business partner and fellow ex-doula Emilee Saldaya."
"FBS, which promotes an extreme version of free birth in which women abandon any form of prenatal care and give birth without doctors or midwives present, is estimated to have generated more than $13m in revenues since 2018. A recent Guardian investigation identified 48 cases of late-term stillbirths or neonatal deaths or other forms of serious harm involving mothers or birth attendants who appear to be linked to FBS."
Emma Cardinal, a 32-year-old holistic practitioner in British Columbia, planned a home birth with midwives and then encountered a Free Birth Society podcast episode that falsely linked ultrasounds to autism and ADHD and claimed ultrasound damages and destroys cells. Yolande Norris-Clark, a Canadian ex-doula, shaped the organisation's radical position on birth and acts as a prominent freebirth influencer. Emilee Saldaya, Norris-Clark's business partner and founder, runs FBS as a company estimated to have generated more than $13m since 2018. FBS promotes abandoning prenatal care and birthing without medical professionals, maintains a large Instagram following and podcast audience, and has been associated with dozens of reported late-term stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and serious harms.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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