Women who turn down advice from health service staff say they are being coerced with threats of referrals to agencies and policePregnant women and new mothers are being referred to social services by midwives for refusing to follow their advice, patien…
Can a mother ever be good enough? I know what my son would say … | Zoe Williams
My almost 14-year-old is annoyed that I think his birthday is a bigger deal for me than it is for him. Still, it will always be my special dayI was casually telling my son, before his 14th birthday this week, why it was a bigger deal for me than it was…
Woman with Down’s syndrome loses UK abortion law case
Heidi Crowter argued that allowing pregnancy terminations up to birth if the foetus has Down’s syndrome is discriminatoryA woman with Down’s syndrome who took Sajid Javid to court over the UK’s abortion law has lost her case in the high court.Heidi Cro…
Troubled maternity wards still jeopardising patients, watchdog warns
CQC inspection of nine struggling units suggests mothers and babies remain at risk from poor care and closed systemsBabies and mothers are at risk of injury and death because too many maternity units have not improved care despite a string of childbirt…
British ‘baby shortage’ could lead to economic decline, says thinktank
Social Market Foundation suggests measures including better childcare provision to increase birthrate Britain is facing a “baby shortage” that could lead to “long-term economic stagnation”, a thinktank has said.The Social Market Foundation (SMF) said t…