âWithout meaningful reforms, many dads wonât be able to afford to take time off work when their kids are born. And women will continue to shoulder an unequal share of care and be penalised.â
A group of organisations, including Maternity Action, the Fawcett Society, the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), the Royal College of Midwives, the TUC and the Womenâs Budget Group, are increasing pressure on ministers, accusing them of âdragging their feetâ on a promised consultation on the policy. Evaluation began in July 2018 and a consultation was due to report in 2019, but it now only promised âlater this yearâ.
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A woman whose baby died is suing the Home Office for negligence over claims that staff at her asylum accommodation refused to call an ambulance when she was pregnant and bleeding.
The woman, who has asked to be named Adna, sought asylum in the UK in January 2020 after fleeing Chad. She was seven months pregnant when she was brought by police to Brigstock House asylum-support accommodation in Croydon.
In March, when she was 35 weeks pregnant, she experienced lower back pain and asked housing staff to call an ambulance. She claims they refused, and she was left in the housing reception for more than three hours, bleeding and in obvious pain.