RealFeedApp Women lose the right to refuse birth interventions
Parliamentary inquiries in Australia revealed that hospitals often rush women through labor, leaving them with less choice and forcing unwanted medical procedures due to ignored rights to informed consent.
- Field
- society and regulation
- What they did
- Researchers and activists are investigating how ignoring the right to autonomy and informed consent during childbirth leads to physical and psychological trauma, as well as coercion into unwanted medical interventions.
- Why it matters
- These findings are crucial for protecting women's rights, particularly for vulnerable groups, and require a review of approaches to childbirth in hospitals.
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