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I don't know why this surprises me, actually. What really surprises me is that no one seems to have studied or investigated this before. Laboring women are often slapped, pinched, shamed, yelled at, and mocked. they are often subjected to invasive exams and procedures without being informed or giving consent.
And while many of the incidents are occurring in places where health care providers are under-equipped and overwhelmed, the issue isn't limited to poorer countries.
Teen mothers often get treated poorly when they need support and compassion.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...ping-and-yelling-at-mothers-during-childbirth
And while many of the incidents are occurring in places where health care providers are under-equipped and overwhelmed, the issue isn't limited to poorer countries.
"It was a very real problem everywhere, but it was difficult to compare findings," she (the study author) says.
The new Lancet study addresses helps bring consistency to the measurement of abuse of pregnant women.
"This study looked at maltreatment across four different countries using two different measurement techniques – and even so came up with consistent findings that more than a third of women experience some sort of maltreatment," says Moyer. "These results put to rest assertions that maltreatment is rare, that it is too hard to measure or that it varies widely."
The new study confirmed that poor women and young women were at greatest risk of abuse.
Teen mothers often get treated poorly when they need support and compassion.
Health-care workers might not hesitate to mock a teen mother, for example, when she cries out during labor.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...ping-and-yelling-at-mothers-during-childbirth