{"id":1576,"date":"2021-05-11T10:32:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T09:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/continued-restrictions-at-maternity-hospitals-are-misogynistic-and-cruel\/"},"modified":"2021-05-11T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T09:32:12","slug":"continued-restrictions-at-maternity-hospitals-are-misogynistic-and-cruel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/continued-restrictions-at-maternity-hospitals-are-misogynistic-and-cruel\/","title":{"rendered":"Continued restrictions at maternity hospitals are misogynistic and cruel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Having a baby should be a joyful experience and instead it is being turned into something distressing and stressful by these intransigent rules<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to avoid the conclusion that continued restrictions on partners at maternity hospitals are anything other than misogynistic and cruel, according to Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Cairns said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is incomprehensible that women are still being denied the support of a partner as they attend scans and, in many cases, even during birth. Last night, Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan confirmed there was \u201cno good reason in public terms\u201d that restrictions were continuing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning we heard that the numbers of covid patients in hospitals around the country had fallen to just 104. Meanwhile, there are just two hospitals with ten or more patients who have the virus. Despite this, women are still being told that their partners are some kind of optional extra when it comes to attending at hospitals for scans and labour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is increasingly looking like pregnant women are just expected, by some within hospital management teams, to endure stressful appointments, like anomaly scans, alone. Even going through labour alone is not deemed too high a price for women to pay \u2013 despite there being no public health rationale for the infliction of that trauma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe HSE has been stating for weeks that visitor restrictions at maternity hospitals should be lifted. The CMO has now publicly stated there is no public health grounds for their continued existence. Despite this, hospitals continue to deny women the support of their partners throughout their pregnancy and during birth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to avoid characterising this apparent determination to make women needlessly suffer as anything other than misogynistic and cruel. Having a baby should be a joyful experience and instead it is being turned into something distressing and stressful by these intransigent rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to see a change on this. Today. Any change will be too late for thousands of women, but the suffering for pregnant women and their partners must end today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn December, the HSE reclassified birthing partners as an \u201cessential accompanying person\u201d for the 20 week-scan. They now need to urgently reclassify them as an essential accompanying person for the entire maternity journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>11 May, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a baby should be a joyful experience and instead it is being turned into something distressing and stressful by these intransigent rules It\u2019s hard to avoid the conclusion that continued restrictions on partners at maternity hospitals are anything other than misogynistic and cruel, according to Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns. 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