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Earlier this month, midwives, doulas, doctors, nurses, academics, researchers, students, activists, lawyers, and interested members of the public (including lots of moms and babies) gathered on the campus of Virginia’s George Mason University to discuss the current state of birth in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) has succeeded in one of its efforts to stop false and deceptive marketing of baby videos by persuading the Walt Disney Company to offer a full refund to anyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD in the last five years.

Earlier this month, the Maternal & Child Health Bureau of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department of Health and Human Services released a study revealing that 1 in 91 children are currently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).