12 highlights of 2019
Last year our (then new) Chief Executive, Amy Gibbs, started a new tradition of taking time at the end of … Read more
Birthrights welcomes release of MBRRACE report following legal action
We are pleased that the MBRRACE-UK report: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care has finally … Read more
Update: Birthrights and Leigh Day legal challenge calling for urgent release of the MBRRACE report
Last week, Birthrights challenged NHS England’s decision not to publish the annual maternity care … Read more
The Realities of Seeking Asylum in the UK as a Pregnant Woman
In June, Birthrights and Birth Companions published ‘Holding it all together’, our report into … Read more
Shrewsbury and Telford – when human rights centred care is the only answer
No-one could fail to be moved by the recent picture in the news of … Read more
Birthrights’ concerns about mental capacity and human rights in maternity care
In recent months, the Court of Protection has ruled on a number of cases … Read more
Council of Europe passes motion on obstetric and gynaecological violence
We welcome the motion passed earlier this month by the Parliamentary Assembly of the … Read more
Why we need to have more honest conversations with women about how birth might unfold
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) clinical report 2019 was published last week … Read more
Human rights concerns as Court permits Caesarean on woman currently with mental capacity
On Monday the Guardian reported on a Court of Protection ruling that permits doctors … Read more
Holding it all together – human rights and disadvantage
Birthrights and Birth Companions have published a joint report – Holding it all together: … Read more