Petition Jersey Maternity Unit needs to reinstate the home birth service immediately
The service has been “temporarily suspended” officially since October 2024. I am deeply concerned that the women of Jersey are not being supported to choose where they want to give birth and are being forced to give birth in the hospital against their wishes.
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According to BirthRights UK (birthrights.org.uk), a woman has the right to choose where she gives birth and, a midwife has a duty of care to support her. The fact that Jersey (part of the British Isles!) maternity service is currently withholding this option to women is very troubling and shows a deep lack of understanding and care towards the women of Jersey.
A woman has a basic human right not to have her choice of place of giving birth and who attends that birth disregarded.
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