ARGENTINA: The Right to Give Birth Naturally

ARGENTINA: The Right to Give Birth Naturally
Marcela Valente

"BUENOS AIRES, Jun 7 (IPS) - An original media campaign in Argentina is aimed at raising women's awareness on their right to be accompanied in the delivery room, and to give birth in whatever position is most comfortable for them and without unnecessary medical interventions.

With financial support from the Dutch foundation Mama Cash, the Argentine non-governmental organisation Dando a Luz (Giving Birth) produced a series of television spots in which famous actors and models urge women to demand respect for their right to give birth the way they want.

. . . The ads refer to the rights of mothers and infants in delivery, which are recognised in a national law in effect since November 2004.

But the failure to disseminate information on the new law has facilitated the persistence in both public and private hospitals of traditional practices that run counter to the new legislation."

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