CP v Spain: Why a major European court ruling on maternity care is a wake-up call for bodily autonomy rights
CP v Spain: Why a major European court ruling on maternity care is a wake-up call for bodily autonomy rights
Coerced vaginal exams held by Australian court to amount to battery and negligence
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Victoria has found an Australian hospital guilty of battery and negligence for pressuring a woman to accept a vaginal exam in labour that she did not want. She received damages totalling nearly AUS$300k. So how is this case relevant to the UK?
Reimagining Safety in Maternity Care
After spearheading Birthright’s Home Birth campaign, our policy and campaigns manager Elif Ege reflects on how ‘safety concerns’ are too often used as an excuse to restrict or suspend maternity services…
NHS 10-Year plan: We must act now, to rebuild community care
Healthcare regulators are meant to protect the public but their toxic cultures perpetrate so many of the key problems rife in maternity care.
A Year in Review
Healthcare regulators are meant to protect the public but their toxic cultures perpetrate so many of the key problems rife in maternity care.
A dangerous legal inaccuracy: The Birth Trauma APPG Report
In response to page 66 of The Birth Trauma APPG Report, we are hugely concerned by the legal inaccuracy contained within the report which suggests that consent may be disregarded in so-called “emergency situations”. The best way to reduce/prevent birth trauma is to respect the rights and voices of all women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy and birth.
Birthrights Chair and Co-Founder Elizabeth Prochaska steps down after 10 years
Birthrights has today announced that our co-founder and current chair of the Board Elizabeth … Read more
‘Lessons are still not being learnt’ London Assembly Health Committee releases report on maternal health and care in London
Today (14 April) the London Assembly Health Committee has released a report on maternal … Read more
Two years on from the first lockdown
A few weeks ago, we were on the verge of launching a crowd-funding campaign to … Read more
Where are we with visiting restrictions in maternity services now?
Last week, a further letter before action was sent to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board making … Read more