tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post1890668400329877672..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: Johanna Rhys-Davies: Human rights in childbirthRixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-14414330705599188212017-04-15T16:05:23.599-04:002017-04-15T16:05:23.599-04:00This is a great summary, thank you!
It does read ...This is a great summary, thank you!<br /><br />It does read though as if the situation in the UK and Ireland is the same/similar when it comes to women's human rights in pregnancy and childbirth "The waters are more murky in the USA and Australia than they are in Ireland and the UK.". This is emphatically not the case, neither in the Republic (separate from the UK) nor, for different reasons, in Northern Ireland (part of the UK). <br /><br />To give just some examples, in the Republic of Ireland the "unborn" has a constitutional right to life which restricts comprehensive maternity care (including but not restricted to abortion care) and women's choice of place and manner of birth e.g.: the Aja Teehan v HSE (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/aja-teehan-says-she-intends-to-become-birth-refugee-by-having-baby-in-the-uk-1.1518900), the Miss Y case (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/timeline-of-ms-y-case-1.1951699), Mother A (http://aimsireland.ie/no-country-for-pregnant-women-mother-a-v-waterford-regional-hospital/), etc. Qaoileannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349957841522992406noreply@blogger.com