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RSS FeedsWomen have every right to refuse treatment in childbirth | Letters
(The Guardian North Korea)

 
 

20 august 2017 01:36:56

 
Women have every right to refuse treatment in childbirth | Letters
(The Guardian North Korea)
 


What is safest for mother and baby is not always obviousYour editorial `Safety of mother and child should override ideology during birth` last week took my breath away. First, women have a right to exercise their autonomy in childbirth, opting for and declining treatment as they see fit. Second, what is safest is not always obvious. Short-term risks and benefits sometimes conflict with evidence on optimal health in the longer term and women´s mental wellbeing is important as well as the mother and baby being alive and physically well.As a service user representing women´s views, I was responsible for facilitating a consensus statement on normal birth with the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This was intended to `make normal labour and birth a reality` in hospitals often designed more for examinations, monitoring and surgical procedures than to offer emotional security, privacy and comfort. Rates of normal birth are declining in the UK; currently less than 40%. There is still a huge amount to be done to provide the kind of care and support women need during labour.  Continue reading...


 
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