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Doctors in Rafah, the southernmost part of Gaza where over 1 million displaced Palestinians have fled, are raising alarm over the impact Israel’s expected military escalation will have on 25 preterm babies in incubators at Emirate Maternity Hospital. Glia, a medical aid group that currently has eight personnel at Emirate, said in a dispatch shared with Jezebel on Monday that no fuel has entered Gaza since May 6; the hospial has enough fuel for about 48 hours until its reserves run out. (On May 9, the United Nations said that no aid or fuel had been able to enter Gaza from Rafah since Israeli forces took control of the border crossing last week.) “If fuel does not enter immediately, the lights will turn off. Generators will stop running. Incubators will fail. Babies will die,” said Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo, a doctor with Glia currently stationed at Emirate. The 25 babies “are at immediate risk if these incubators are shut off.” Al Jazeera reported that, as of early Monday, Israeli forces ordered the medical staff at Kuwaiti Hospital, also in Rafah, to evacuate, as they continue to increase their attacks on the area. Last week, a UNICEF spokesperson said there is “nowhere safe on the Gaza strip to go to,” and that “Rafah is a city of children,” with 600,000 kids “caught in the crosshairs” of war. Since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza in October, the United Nations estimates that over 14,500 children have been killed; more than 35,000 Palestinians of all ages have died due to Israeli bombs and gunfire. The full scale of casualties, including death from malnutrition and illness, is not yet known. Dr. Tarek Loubani, the head of Glia’s medical programs, and Gucciardo pleaded with the international community to care about the fate of the preterm babies being kept alive by incubators (and thus, fuel.) In a statement to Jezebel, Loubani referenced four incubated babies at al-Nasr Children’s Hospital who were found dead and decomposing (“eaten by worms [and] blackened by mold,” according to the Washington Post) in December, after Israel forced hospital staff to flee, assuring them the babies would be cared for. “The global community cannot allow this to happen again,” Gucciardo said.

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truth-has-a-liberal-bias · 4 months

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But once the babies are here, the state provides little help.

When she got pregnant, Mayron Michelle Hollis was clinging to stability.

At 31, she was three years sober, after first getting introduced to drugs at 12. She had just had a baby three months earlier and was working to repair the damage that her addiction had caused her family.

The state of Tennessee had taken away three of her children, and she was fighting to keep her infant daughter, Zooey. Department of Children’s Services investigators had accused Mayron of endangering Zooey when she visited a vape store and left the baby in a car.

Her husband, Chris Hollis, was also in recovery.

The two worked in physically demanding jobs that paid just enough to cover rent, food and lawyers’ fees to fight the state for custody of Mayron’s children.

In the midst of the turmoil in July 2022, they learned Mayron was pregnant again. But this time, doctors warned she and her fetus might not survive.

The embryo had been implanted in scar tissue from her recent cesarean section. There was a high chance that the embryo could rupture, blowing open her uterus and killing her, or that she could bleed to death during delivery. The baby could come months early and face serious medical risks, or even die.

But the Supreme Court had just overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion across the United States. By the time Mayron decided to end her pregnancy, Tennessee’s abortion ban — one of the nation’s strictest — had gone into effect.

The total ban made no explicit exceptions — not even to save the life of a pregnant patient. Any doctor who violated the ban could be charged with a felony.

Women with means could leave the state. But those like Mayron, with limited resources or lives entangled with the child welfare and criminal justice systems, would be the most likely to face caring for a child they weren’t prepared for.

And so, the same state that questioned Mayron’s fitness to care for her four children forced her to continue a pregnancy that risked her life to have a fifth, one that would require more intensive care than any of the others.

Tennessee already had some of the worst outcomes in the nation when measuring maternal health, infant mortality and child poverty. Lawmakers who paved the way for a new generation of post-Roe births did little to bolster the state’s meager safety net to support these babies and their families.

In December 2022, when Mayron was 26 weeks and two days pregnant, she was rushed to the hospital after she began bleeding so heavily that her husband slipped in her blood. An emergency surgery saved her life. Her daughter, Elayna, was born three months early.

Afterward, photographer Stacy Kranitz and reporter Kavitha Surana followed Mayron and her family for a year to chronicle what life truly looked like in a state whose political leaders say they are pro-life. [...]

#abortion #Tennessee #pregnancy #forced-birth #Roe v Wade

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workersolidarity · 1 month

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[ 📹 Palestinian civilians panic and flee with children as Israeli occupation bombs and missiles rain down around them in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, in the North Gaza Governate, on Sunday. With nowhere left to turn to, the Israeli occupation forces target civilians wherever they hide. We had trouble even picking a video for this piece, as no short clip could ever properly display the horrors being inflicted on the local population of the Gaza Strip. ]

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CARPET BOMBING TARGETS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN GAZA AS "ISRAEL'S" GENOCIDE CONTINUES ON DAY 219

On the 219th day of "Israel's" ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed 8 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of 63 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, and wounding at least 114 others.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or who's bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

This leaves the official death toll vastly undercounted, as Gaza's healthcare officials are unable to accurately tally those killed and maimed in this genocide, which must be kept in mind when considering the scale of the mass murder.

"The claim of 'safe zones' [in Gaza] is false and misleading. No place is safe in Gaza. Period."

This is the statement of Phillippe Lazzarini, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), who describes Palestinian families with children, who seek shelter in blown out UNRWA schools and shelters with scorched walls, shattered windows and collapsed foundations following 7 months of bombardment by the Israeli occupation army.

Palestinians of all ages and groups grabbed what few belongings that remained with them through this genocide and began the trek to the next claimed "safe place" as ordered by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF), who demand their evacuation from Rafah to the already demolished town of Al-Mawasi, west of Rafah, and to the rubble piles that used to be Khan Yunis, where citizens took shelter in the blown out schools and partially demolished buildings of the UNRWA.

According to the United Nations agency for children, UNICEF, more than 100'000 Palestinians have evacuated Rafah over the last 5 days, as the IOF vastly intensified its air, missile, artillery and drone strikes on the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza's southernmost city, originally depicted as one of the "safe places" designated by the Israeli authorities, and the last city standing in the Palestinian enclave.

"For those of us who are working here, doing everything we can to keep the humanitarian response alive, we remain hopeful our calls for a ceasefire will be heard and acted on," said Hermish Young, a Senior Emergency Coordinator for UNICEF in the Gaza Strip, "but we're also braced for this senseless conflict to continue to shock even the most seasoned of us."

"More than 100'000 people have fled Rafah in the last five days and the stream of displacement continues," Young explained in an interview posted to the social media platform X.

"It's just a tragic situation and there's nowhere safe in Gaza for children," UNICEF's Gaza Coordinator said.

"For five days, no fuel and virtually no humanitarian aid has entered the Gaza Strip. Without fuel, the maternity wards, for example, in the Emirate Hospital, cannot function. And this is while approximately 80 babies are born there everyday," he added.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation's bombardment vastly intensified over the last several days, while the occupation army began a new incursion into the Jabalia Refugee Camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, where Palestinian Resistance forces regrouped and reestablished their control, according to the claim of the Zionist authorities who ordered the operation.

According to the occupation media, the 98th Division of the Israeli occupation army entered Jabalia overnight, with Israeli fighter jets and other military aircraft bombing some 30 sites, killing what they claim to be "several [Hamas] operatives."

The IOF claimed it had “intelligence information about the presence of terrorists and the restoration of terror infrastructure of the Hamas terror group in the area.”

At the same time, the occupation army's 162nd Division went on the attack in Rafah, in Gaza's south, still holding the Palestinian side the Rafah border crossing, as well as the Kerem Shalom crossing, preventing any and all aid from entering the enclave, where Palestinian families continue to suffer from extreme food insecurity.

Simultaneously, the Israeli occupation's 99th Division continues operations in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, where the occupation authorities also claim the Hamas Islamic Resistance group has reestablished control.

Across the entirety of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces conducted a total of 150 airstrikes, slaughtering men, women and children alike.

On Saturday evening, occupation warplanes bombed a tent housing a displaced Palestinian family in the Al-Zawaida area, in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of three civilians, and also wounding several others.

In a similar criminal atrocity, Zionist fighter jets bombarded a residential home belonging to the Al-Lawh family in the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, murdering 9 civilians and wounding a number of others, including a young girl, and also demolishing their house and damaging nearby properties.

At the same time, another occupation airstrike targeted a civilian home belonging to the Al-Ashram family in the Al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, mass slaughtering more than 10 civilians.

The Israeli occupation's murder campaign further intensified as the Zionist army launched violent barrages of bombs, missiles, drones and artillery fire on neighborhoods east of the Jabalia Camp, in the north of Gaza, killing and wounding large numbers of civilians.

The exact number of civilians killed remains unknown at the time of publishing, due to the continued bombardment of the neighborhood, preventing local paramedic and civil defense crews from reaching the sites of Israeli bombings.

Zionist forces also struck in the vicinity of local shelters in the central areas of the Jabalia Camp, while violent raids targeted the Ahmed bin Hanbal Mosque on Al-Sikka Street, east of Jabalia.

IOF fighter jets were also witnessed bombing the home of journalist Anas al-Sharif, a correstpondant with Al-Jazeera, also in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, marking the 143rd journalist murdered by the Israeli occupation army.

Warplanes belonging to the Israeli occupation forces also targeted several residential homes with massive firebelts, destroying dozens of houses in the northern Gaza Strip.

"Israel's" open genocide of Palestinians continued when Zionist warplanes bombed a residential building belonging to the Al-Hashash family in the Arraiba neighborhood northwest of Rafah City, slaughtering 9 civilians, with most of the victims being children, while several others sustained serious injuries and were taken to the Kuwait Specialized Hospital.

Additionally, occupation aircraft launched violent raids on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, while Israeli drones took pot shots at ambulances working for a UNRWA medical clinic in the Jabalia Camp.

The mass murder continued when Zionist Apache helicopters fired machine guns towards the outskirts of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, assasinating two Palestinians and wounding five others who were taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

Later, several more violent airstrikes targeted civilian residences in the vicinity of the Hassan Al-Banna Mosque, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, martyring one Palestinian and wounding at least six others, who were also taken to the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

In yet another tragedy, local civil defense crews recovered the bodies of Dr. Mohammed Nemer Qazaat, a local physician, and his son, Dr. Yousef, also a medical doctor, after Israeli fighter jets bombed their home in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.

The father and son doctor pair, originally from the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, were displaced and seeking shelter in Deir al-Balah at the time of their murder.

The Israeli occupation's genocide didn't stop there, the mass murder continued on Sunday morning when Israeli warplanes inflicted endless barrages of air and missile strikes on other various areas of Gaza.

As a result of the occupation's intense airstrikes on the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, the bodies of no less than 12 Palestinian civilians were brought to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the same town, while dozens of others are feared to be trapped under the rubble of their homes and shelters.

At the same time, the Israeli occupation army expanded its ground operations in the Northern Gaza Governate, with incursions threatening Beit Hanoun and Jabalia, while occupation air forces bombarded schools sheltering displaced Palestinian families.

Additionally, in Gaza's south, medical sources with the Kuwait Specialized Hospital reported receiving 18 martyrs and 6 wounded civilians over the previous 24-hours, while the occupation's bombardment still continues in the area at the time of publishing.

Simultaneously, Zionist artillery detatchments shelled the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood once again, where at least 16 civilians are estimated to still be trapped under the rubble of their flattened neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

In the Central Gaza Governate, Israeli occupation Merkava tanks fired tank shells into Palestinian homes and buildings in neighborhoods east of Deir al-Balah and Al-Maghazi, though luckily, no casualties were reported in the shelling as of yet.

In further Zionist assaults on Gaza City, IOF fighter jets bombed multiple citizens' homes in violent firebelts on the Al-Sabra neighborhood, resulting in the deaths of three Palestinians, including at least one woman, while occupation artillery and helicopters continue firing on buildings in the Jabalia Camp, targeting anything that moves in the area.

Further attacks targeted the Al-Bureij Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, targeting residential homes in intense waves of bombings.

In response to the war crimes of the Israeli occupation, the Palestinian Resistance fired two missiles from the Gaza Strip into the city of Ashkelon, north of Gaza, in the occupied Palestinian territories, causing air raid alert to sound.

As a result of the attack, the occupation's Iron Dome air defense system shot down one of the missiles, while the other missile demolished an Israeli house and wounded at least three Israeli colonists.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the death toll among the local Palestinian population has risen to exceed 35'034 civilians killed, including upwards of 14'690 children and over 10'000 women, while another 78'755 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

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aimeedaisies · 1 month

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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in April 2024

06/04 As President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, held a Training Day to mark their 40th Anniversary at Gatcombe Park. 🐶

09/04 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle.🎖️

With Sir Tim Opened Tideway’s Chelsea Quay, on Chelsea Embankment in London. 🌊

With Sir Tim, As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, attended the 70th anniversary of Re-Hallowing Service at St Olave’s Church, followed by a Reception at Trinity House. ⛪️🍾

10/04 Visited Helmshore Mills Textile Museum in Rossendale, Lancashire. 🧵👕

Visited Trawden Village Community Projects in Trawden near Colne, Lancashire. 🏡

Visited HMS VENTURER in build at Venturer Hall in Fife. ⛴️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

11/04 In Northern Ireland Princess Anne; 🇮🇪

Visited Fleming Agri Products Limited in Derry. 🚜

Visited Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, to commemorate its 170th Anniversary. 🚢

Visited the South West College Erne Campus building in Enniskillen. 🏫

Visited the renovated Enniskillen Workhouse in Enniskillen. 💼

As Patron of Maritime UK, attended the Northern Ireland Maritime and Offshore Cluster launch Reception at Belfast Harbour Office. ⚓️🥂

12/04 As Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended the Northern Ireland Conference at Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim. 🇮🇪👨‍🦽

As Patron of Tenovus Cancer Care, visited a Mobile Support Unit at Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏥

15/04 With Sir Tim As the Former President of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, presented The Princess Royal Award and Royal Dairy Innovation Award at Gatcombe Park. 🐄🥛🏆

16/04 As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, this visited Fleetwood Station in Fleetwood, followed by a Reception at Marine Hall. 🔎🌊

As Patron of the Pony Club, visited Wrea Green Equitation Centre in Preston, to mark the 25th of the Pony Club Centre Membership Scheme. 🐴

As President of the Carers Trust, visited Sefton Carers Centre in Liverpool, to mark its 30th anniversary. 🧑‍🦯🩺

17/04 On behalf of The King, held two Investitures at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

18/04 Attended the Lord Mayor's Big Curry Lunch at Guildhall. 🍛

As President of The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences, held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace for the President's Council and the Caribbean-Canada Leaders' Dialogue. 🗺️🍽️

19/04 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace. 🎖️

21/04 Unofficial As President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, hosted a test day at Gatcombe Park. 🐶

22/04 As trustee of the council of St George’s House Princess Anne;

Attended a council meeting at St George’s House. 💼

Attended a Lecture in St. George's Chapel. 🎓

Attended a Dinner at the Vicars' Hall. 🍽️

23/04 On behalf of The King, held two Investitures at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

As Royal Patron of the Special Boat Service Association, held a Dinner at Windsor Castle. 🚤🍽️

24/04 As President of the Riding for the Disabled Association, visited the Cavalier Centre, and presented The King’s Awards for Voluntary Service in Farley, Much Wenlock. 🐎🏆

As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited the Lyth, Ellesmere, the birthplace of Eglantyne Jebb. 🏠

Visited the Jebb Memorial Garden at Cremorne Gardens in Ellesmere. ⛲️

25/04 Attended "DNA Day" at Illumina Centre in Great Abington. 🧬

Opened the National House Building Council's Apprenticeship Training Hub at Histon Football Club. 👷

As Patron of the Royal College of Midwives, visited Hinchingbrooke Hospital Maternity Unit. 👶🏥

As Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), visited The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment at Hyde Park Barracks. 🐴💂

As Chancellor of the University of London, attended an Institute of Commonwealth Studies Reception at the Senate House, to mark its 75th anniversary. 🎓

27/04 As Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, attended the National Drill and Piping Competition at HMS Raleigh. 🫡⚓️

30/04 As Guardian of the Chaffinch Trust, attended a Reception at the Reform Club. 🥂

As Chancellor of the University of London, attended a Graduation Ceremony at the Barbican Centre. 🎓

As Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps), presented Coronation Medals at Wellington Barracks in London. 🫡🎖️

Total official engagements for Anne in April: 39

2024 total so far: 171

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in April: 3

2024 total so far: 32

FYI - due to certain royal family members being off ill/in recovery I won't be posting everyone's engagement counts out of respect, I am continuing to count them and release the totals at the end of the year.

#aimees unofficial engagement count 2024 #april 2024 #always there to support his wife #not all engagements are listed on here #if you would like a full list plz dm me 🥰#excited for next month #two overseas visits and the start of the more summery engagements!!!#princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #not as many as previous months because she took a few days off after easter

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gabriellademonaco · 2 months

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Queen Mary’s Engagements in March 2024:

11/03: Meeting with UNFPA and Maternity Foundation

11/03: Medal of Honour Dinner

18/03: Meeting with Director General of the United Nations Environment Organization (UNEP), Inger Andersen

18/03: Council of State Dinner

20/03: Visit to Queen Mary Center at the University of Copenhagen

20/03: Premiere of Saul at the Opera

21/03: Visit to Hvidovre Hospital

21/03: Opening of the Exhibition "FREDERIK X - King of Tomorrow"

#queen mary #danish royal family #royaltyedit #royal fashion #marys engagements #mine

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theivorybilledwoodpecker · 7 months

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Sudanese women are bearing the brunt of the vicious war that began in mid-April between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). More than six million people have been displaced since the new war erupted including an estimated 105,000 women who are currently pregnant, according to the United Nations. Of the 1.2 million who have fled to neighbouring countries, nearly nine in 10 are women and children. The healthcare system in Sudan is in a perilous state – 70 to 80 percent of hospitals in conflict areas are not operational – with devastating consequences for women in need of maternal health medicines. And sexual and gender-based violence has become an epidemic. According to the World Health Organization, more than four million women and girls are at risk of sexual violence in Sudan. While a UN experts’ report accused both parties of violations of humanitarian and human rights law, the experts expressed alarm at the brutal and widespread use of rape and other forms of sexual violence by the RSF. Some of the reported rapes appeared to be ethnically and racially motivated, the experts said, in a frightful echo of the Darfur crisis of 20 years ago.

#Sudan

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vague-humanoid · 4 months

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The 31-year-old black African woman was taken to Liverpool Women's Hospital by the North West Ambulance Service on 13 March 2023.

Investigators from the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MSNI), the national body to improve maternity safety, detailed how the woman was suffering "acute" pain and was taken to the gynaecology ward.

An ultrasound scan the following day found the baby had died, with the woman's condition deteriorating.

After her condition became critical, she was rushed to the Royal Liverpool Hospital where she died two days later.

The cause of her death was recorded as acute intestinal ischaemia - where the blood flow to the bowel is restricted - and thrombophilia and pregnancy.

Although the coroner determined the cause of death was a "natural cause", an MSNI report into the incident concluded that "ethnicity and health inequalities impacted on the care provided to the patient, suggesting that "an unconscious cultural bias delayed the timing of diagnosis and response to her clinical deterioration".

The report added: "This was evident in discussions with staff involved in the direct care of the patient."

The MSNI report, which was accessed through the Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust's board papers published earlier this month, found there were "missed opportunities for escalation to gynaecology colleagues...when there was a suspicion of a bowel obstruction, and escalation to the anaesthetic team was not considered".

The MSNI report said: "Decision making impacted upon the care that she received and with the level of pain that she experienced; earlier intervention to support addressing pain was required.

"There was an opportunity for an X-ray to be performed earlier and for CT imaging to be undertaken.

"Additionally, there were opportunities for an MRI scan to be discussed and a referral made to the Royal Liverpool Hospital at an earlier time."

The report noted that these vital observations were not performed as the patient was being "difficult refusing to have her observations undertaken due to the amount of pain she was experiencing".

The MSNI determined this led to missed opportunities to detect deterioration and escalate concerns.

The investigators also found "the impact of the junior doctors' strike" and low staffing were among other factors that contributed to the delays.

The hospital's response to the report also found: "The approach presented by some staff, and information gathered from staff interviews, gives the impression that cultural bias and stereotyping may sometimes go unchallenged and be perceived as culturally acceptable within the Trust."

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ukrfeminism · 8 months

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An MP has described the “terrifying” moment she believed she was going to die in childbirth as she called on the Government to do more to help women who experience traumatic births.

Conservative MP Theo Clarke (Stafford) received a rare round of applause from the public gallery in the House of Commons from mothers and campaigners as she gave what she described as “probably the most personal speech” she will make in Parliament.

Describing her own experience, she said: “After a difficult 40 hours of labour I began bleeding very heavily after delivery.

“I was separated from my baby and rushed into the emergency room for surgery.

“I remember the trolley bumping into the walls and the medical staff taking me into theatre, and being slid onto the operating table. I spent over two hours awake without a general anaesthetic, and I could hear them talking about me, and obviously it was not looking good.

“It was the most terrifying experience of my life.”

Visibly upset, the MP broke off and took an intervention, before continuing: “I genuinely thought I was going to die.”

The MP was opening what she described as the first debate on birth trauma in the history of the Commons.

She said her own experience “completely opened my eyes to challenges with post-natal care”.

At one point, while in recovery, she said she was lying next to her baby, who was screaming, and unable to pick her up she pressed a call button for help, only for the person to respond by saying “not my baby, not my problem”, before leaving.

The MP said such a moment was “unacceptable”, and said there is a need to address the “postcode lottery” of services available across England.

She described her own birth injury, a third degree tear, which she said occurs in about three in 100 women.

The consequences of an obstetric anal sphincter injury, she said, can include urinary and faecal incontinence, chronic pain, sexual dysfunction and other mental and physical effects, adding: “It is very clear, we must do more to help women.

“We need to break the taboo by talking about this,” she said.

Outlining her requests to the Government, she said: “It is so clear to me that so much more needs to be done to support women who experience traumatic births.

“Today I call for the Government to add birth trauma to the women’s health strategy, recruit more midwives, ensure perinatal mental health services are available across the UK, provide appropriate and mandatory training for midwives with a focus both on mental and physical health, ensure that the post-natal check with your GP is provided to all mothers and will include separate questions both for the mother’s physical health and mental health.”

She also called for an improvement in continuity of care and national post-birth services, for the obstetric and anal sphincter care bundle to be rolled out to all hospital trusts in England, and to provide better support for partners and better education for women on birth choices and risks.

Responding to the debate, health minister Maria Caulfield said: “By early part of next year, every integrated care system in England, and I can’t comment what’s happening in Labour-run Wales, but in England we will have a fully working maternal mental health service to support mothers experiencing moderate, severe or complex mental health difficulties.

“It is true that the number of women accessing perinatal mental health services has risen almost 50% over two years, but that’s actually good news because we want women to come forward, our challenge as a Government in England is to be able to meet that demand.”

On the women’s health strategy, she said: “We will be updating our year-two strategy fairly soon and we’ll be setting out our priorities and I can let members know about that as soon as possible.

“This is a priority for the Government and we are seeing change, but more change needs to happen.”

On Thursday, the Department of Health and Social Care also unveiled plans for how it intends to implement NHS pelvic health clinics across all areas of England – first announced in 2021 – which follows a number of pilot schemes, and which the Government said will provide better information for pregnant women, and improved aftercare.

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odinsblog · 1 year

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Links:

• https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/16/1163786037/maternal-deaths-in-the-u-s-spiked-in-2021-cdc-reports

• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/bill-cassidy-maternal-mortality-rates

• https://amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/17/texas-black-women-maternal-healthcare-crisis-medicaid

• https://laist.com/news/health/april-valentine-childbirth-death-centinela-hospital-los-angeles-black-maternal-mortality-investigation

• https://people.com/health/tk-dad-raising-sons-alone-after-wife-dies-in-childbirth/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1246841

• https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/amp/wellness/story/calls-change-26-year-black-woman-dies-childbirth-71698417

• https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/calls-change-26-year-black-woman-dies-childbirth-71698417

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-mothers-in-new-york-are-more-likely-to-have-life-threatening-complications-in-childbirth-11597268700

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/harris-pushes-make-black-maternal-health-national-priority-rcna24630

#politics #black maternal health week #blacklivesmatter #medical racism #black maternal health #black maternity #racial bias #racism #black infant mortality rate #two americas

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rapeculturerealities · 1 year

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Ending the COVID emergency will further harm Black maternal mortality | The Hill

this year’s calls to celebrate Black Maternal Health Week ring hollow because the Biden administration recently ended the COVID-19 national emergency ahead of schedule and will allow the public health emergency to expire on May 11. This means that most Americans, and certainly those from historically excluded groups, will no longer have access to free at-home COVID tests or vaccines and testing services without cost sharing. Hospitals and clinics across the U.S. have ended or are ending mask mandates, which places patients and newborns at higher risk of COVID exposure. These actions have been met with shockingly little public pushback from advocates for Black reproductive health, despite the fact that COVID has disproportionately orphaned Black children.

It is now clear that COVID likely drove much of the sizable increases in deaths resulting from pregnancy, including an 18 percent increase from 2019 to 2020 and a nearly 40 percent increase from 2020 to 2021. For Blacks, the data are bleakest: the overall mortality rate is the highest seen in recent history — 69.9 per 100,000 live births. Contracting COVID during pregnancy increases the risk of health complications, including maternal morbidity and within-hospital mortality. COVID is why Atlanta resident Marrisha Kindred Jenkins died before getting to hold her infant son for the first time. This much we know.

But there is much that is unknown. We do not yet have a complete picture of the long-term effects of COVID on reproductive health. Yet, if the past remains prologue, Black people will likely shoulder a disproportionate share of long COVID’s effects on reproduction. While prenatal vaccination can reduce COVID-related risks during pregnancy and pass on protection to babies, vaccination rates for the pregnant remain low, particularly among Blacks.

#Black women #Black maternal mortality #racism #Health care #Pregnancy #reproductive justice #Covid

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The state has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country; only three others had higher rates between 2018 and 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alabama also had the nation’s third-highest infant mortality rate in 2021, the latest data available.

This is the result of over turning Roe v. Wade and the Republican desire to control women's bodies.

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women's rights in Palestine

Women in Palestine face a double burden: first, from the islamic patriarchal society they live in, and second, from the Israelian occupation. According to the recent UN report, the main factors are:

Palestinian women’s rights organisations are hindered in their activism as they get labeled "terrorist organisations" by Israelian authorities.

Because of the focus on Israeli occupation, the political climate in Palestinian society makes it so the women’s liberation movement in is considered of secondary importance.

The Gaza blockade has an especially heavy toll on women and girls by limiting their access to essential services and increasing their care burden.

The difficult living conditions make women more dependent on male family members and vulnerable to gender-based violence.

Violence outbreaks and economic insecurity in Palestine are responsible for a stronger adherence to gender and patriarchal norms, as is observed everywhere in the world.

Women’s access to quality health services is undermined by Israeli policies restricting the movement of people and goods, for example medical staff and supplies. Also, hospitals in Palestine are frequently bombed, so the construction of a solid health infrastructure is near impossible. While men face direct injury more often, women are vulnerable to the indirect consequences of the conflict, such as lack of access to reproductive medicine. This leads to a higher rate of maternal mortality: from 2019 to 2020, the maternal mortality rate rose by 43 percent. Pregnant and lactating women are especially vulnerable to malnutrition because of their lack of access to nutrient-rich foods. The lack of healthcare services disproportionately affects women, because oftentimes, they are the ones carrying the burden of caring for sick family members.

Destroyed hospital in Gaza. (source)

The patriarchal Palestinian society also burdens women with high rates of gender-based violence. This is exacerbated by the lack of a stable justice system, so many cases of domestic violence, rape and femicide don’t get reported. The lack of access to employment makes women dependent on their husbands, which also increases the rate of gender-based violence and makes women unable to leave their abusive partners.

Living conditions in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. (source)

Also, women’s rights campaigns in Palestine suffer from the Israeli occupation. In October 2021, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees was one of six Palestinian organisations labelled a “terrorist organisation” by the Israeli Government. Other organisations such as the National Women’s Coalition for the Implementation of the CEDAW Convention, which is a coalition of human rights and women’s rights organisations and trade unions, are under fierce attack of conservative Palestinian forces such as clan leaders and right-wing political forces in Palestine.

Khitam al-Saafin, chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committee, was sentences by Israeli authorities to three months in "administrative detention" without trial or charges. (source)

The United Nations’ report concludes: “[A]s long as the Israeli occupation, policies and practices, including violence against Palestinians, continue, the enjoyment of rights by Palestinian women will remain unattainable.”

Women in Palestine should not be the ones to suffer from religious patriarchal oppression from Palestinian society nor from Israeli occupation. A stable and just democracy is crucial for women’s emancipation, and for that, the Israeli occupation and the blockades, as well as the patriarchal oppression from their own society, have to end!

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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in July 2023

01/07 Princess Anne accompanied by Sir Tim, opened the 30th Scottish Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy Harbour. ⛴️

03/07 As Chancellor of Harper Adams University, visited the University’s Future Farm, Edgmond and met the 2023 Marshal Papworth Foundation Scholars. 👩‍🎓

As Patron, Scottish Fisheries Museum’s Reaper Appeal visited the Scottish Fisheries Museum in St. Ayles, Anstruther. 🎣

04/07 Visited Strathcarron Hospice, Denny. 👩‍⚕️

As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, attended a 5 Military Intelligence Battalion Training Night at the Army Reserve Centre, Edinburgh. 💂

05/07 As part of Holyrood week in Edinburgh, Princess Anne carried out the following engagements;

Opened the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, at NHS Lothian as part of #NHS75 celebrations. 🧸

Opened King’s Buildings Nucleus Building at the University of Edinburgh. 👩‍🎓

Launched WETWHEELS EDINBURGH Accessible Boat at Port Edgar Marina. 🦽🛥️

Attended a Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria for Eric Liddell 100 programme. 🍽️

06/07 As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, attended the Textile Institute World Conference at the University of Huddersfield. 🪡

Opened Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Maternity Theatre at Bradford Royal Infirmary.🤰

As Colonel of The Blues and Royals, with Sir Tim, took the salute at the Household Division Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade. 🫡

07/07 Attended a Charity Polo Day at Cirencester Park Polo Club for the Spinal Injuries Association 🐎

11/07 Visited Flintshire Adult Day Care Centre, Hwb Cyfle in Queensferry, Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

HRH, as the new Patron of BASC (British Association for Shooting and Conservation) visited their Headquarters at Marford Mill, Wrexham, Wales. 🦡

12/07 Visited St Helena’s Nursing Campus at the University of Derby in Chesterfield. 👩‍⚕️

Opened Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Department. 🏥

Attended a Reception at Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre for the Motor Neurone Association. 🚘

13/07 Sir Tim represented the Princess Royal at a service of thanksgiving for the life of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce at Westminster Abbey. ⚓️

Princess Anne opened the King’s Arch at Government House, visited the Tortoise Takeover Trail at Gorey Castle and subsequently opened the Tortoise Tunnel at Jersey Zoo. 🇯🇪🐢

Princess Anne with Sir Tim, later attended the Royal Academy of Engineering Annual Awards Dinner at the Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square, London. 🏆

14/07 Opened the new Southampton Citizens Advice Bureau and visited DP World Shipping Container Terminal. ⛴️

15/07 As Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, attended their Annual Corps Day at Chicksands. 🪖

18/07 Princess Anne and Sir Tim carried out the following engagements in Kent;

Opened a new affordable housing development at Bartlett Close, Staple, Canterbury, followed by a Reception at Staple Village Hall. 🏡

Visited St James’s Cemetery in Dover in her role as Patron of the Remembrance Trust 🫡

Visited Folkestone National Coastguard Institution Station in Folkestone to mark its 25th Anniversary, followed by a Reception at Folkestone Yacht and Motorboat Club. 🚨

19/07 In South Wales, visited Barry Citizens Advice Bureaux in her role of Patron of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and later visited HM Prison Cardiff in her role of Patron of the Butler Trust. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

20/07 Joined the ship’s company of HMS Albion and visited Clyde Marina near Glasgow, Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

21/07 Princess Anne and Sir Tim attended a Dinner at the Royal Ocean Racing Club Clubhouse, to celebrate the 50th Edition of the Fastnet Race in Cowes, Isle of Wight. 🛥️

27/07 Attended the Tall Ships Races Captains’ Dinner at Lerwick Town Hall, Lerwick, Shetland Islands. 👨‍✈️🍽️

28/07 Visited ships in Lerwick Harbour taking part in the Tall Ships Races. 🚢🏁

29/07 With Sir Tim, attended the King George Day at Ascot Racecourse. 🏆🐎

30/07 Princess Anne and Sir Tim visited Cowes, Isle of Wight for Cowes Week and carried out the following engagements;

Viewed Cowes Week Racing and met Squadron Staff at the Royal Yacht Squadron. 🛥️

Visited HMS Tyne and The Royal Navy Stand. ⛴️

Attended a Church Service at Holy Trinity Church. ⛪️

Attended a Reception for Members, Racing Crews, Flag Officers and Sailing Associates at the Royal Yacht Squadron. 🥂

Total official engagements for Anne in July: 42

2023 total so far: 304

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in July: 14

2023 total so far: 70

#hardest working royal 🫡#no choice but to stanne #this is based on the court circular #monthly engagement count #july 2023 #and yes i’m doing a separate count for tim too #because i’m rooting for…#operation working royal tim 🫡#STILL WAITING CHARLES…#not all engagements are listed on this post #if you want a full list plz dm me 💕#princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence

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