Advice & Factsheets
What are human rights in maternity care? Our factsheets and FAQs provide information about your rights in pregnancy and childbirth.
If your question is not covered in our factsheets, contact us directly for advice.
What we offer
We provide factsheets and FAQs to give you as much information as possible about your human rights in pregnancy and childbirth. If your situation is not covered you can contact us and we will advise you directly. We endeavour to reply promptly to all enquiries and within three working days. All our factsheets are correct at the time of writing and publishing.
Watch this short video of Rehana explaining how she contacted the Advice service for the birth of her second child and how it helped her acheive the birth she wanted.
What we cannot offer
- Our advice service is run via email only and we do not offer a telephone service.
- We cannot offer advice on maternity care issues outside of the UK.
- Unfortunately, we cannot help you find your time-of-birth.
- Birthrights does not provide legal representation.
- We do not provide information or advice about clinical negligence claims. If you believe you have suffered negligent treatment during childbirth, you should contact a lawyer specialising in clinical negligence law.
- We are not able to refer you to an individual solicitor or formally endorse a particular firm, but you may wish to consider contacting our partners Bolt Burdon Kemp, Irwin Mitchell or Leigh Day. While our partners support our general fundraising efforts, we receive no referral fees from any law firm if you contact them from our information. Any contact you have is completely confidential between you and the firm.
- We cannot provide maternity employment advice. For questions on maternity employment law or benefits during pregnancy, please contact Maternity Action.
Confidentiality
If you contact us, your enquiry will be dealt with in confidence and according to the terms of our confidentiality policy. We will not reveal information about you to any other organisation or individual without your express permission, except in certain limited circumstances. Please contact us for a copy of our confidentiality policy if you would like further details.
Complaints
We strive to always provide the highest quality of service to our users. However, should you be dissatisfied with any aspect of our service, or if you would like to see a our full complaints procedure, please contact us.