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The war on natural birth
Jill Filipovic theguardian.com Adelir Carmen Lemos de Goés just wanted a natural birth. Already a 29-year-old mother of two, she had a trained attendant assisting her; she had a healthy pregnancy. Adelir was perfectly willing to give birth in a hospital; she just prefered to avoid surgery. But the hospital, like so many hospitals here in Brazil and elsewhere, thought otherwise: doctors insisted that Adelir's baby was in a breech position, and when Adelir sought to avoid caesarean by trying to sign herself out, in came the authorities. A Brazilian court granted a prosecutor's request for the appointment of a special guardian. And just in case it was unclear whose life gets prioritized when a woman has a c-section against her will, the judge specified that when there is a "conflict of interests of the mother with the child's life ... the interests of the child predominate over hers." Ten days ago, Adelir gave birth to a healthy baby girl, but she was treated like a criminal. The cops don't always get called to the hospital, but forced or coerced c-sections are not unusual here in Brazil, where some hospitals deliver almost 100% of babies surgically. to read more: theguardian.com
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