Women in Ireland are being “short-changed” due to the lack of birthing options available to them, a campaign group has said.
The Irish Birth Movement staged a small protest outside Leinster House in Dublin on Thursday afternoon in response to the continued ban on home births in the midwest region as well as the recent closure of the private midwife group.
The closure of Private Midwives Ireland means home births with midwives are now only available through HSE services, which are not in every county yet. Home births in the midwest, which includes Limerick, Clare and Tipperary, were suspended following the d
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