The ban involves vaginal-breech delivery, in which a baby is delivered feet-or buttocks-first rather than head-first. As per the ban, Glendale Adventist clinicians will perform a C-section or refer the patient to affiliated OB-GYN physicians to perform the procedure in the event of a vaginal-breech delivery.
Opponents of the ban say the ban is “is unfairly forcing women to have C-sections,” according to the report. They also say that vaginal-breech deliveries are safe if appropriately qualified physicians perform the procedures.
The protest, a peaceful one, included around 40 people holding signs that read “Keep choice in childbirth” and “Breeched birth: A human right,” among other slogans. Improving Birth President Dawn Thompson told the Glendale News-Press that the ban is “being led by the fear of liability.”
Glendale Adventist CNO Karen Brandt-Mayo said the ban affects a tiny number of births. “There is increasing medical evidence of potentially catastrophic risk to a baby born via vaginal-breech delivery,” she said, according to the report.
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