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Editorial NY Times: Childbirth in Chains

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

If you haven't called Governor Paterson's office, please do. He still hasn't signed the Bill! You do not need to live in NY. The number is 518-474-8390. Please forward widely. Editorial- New York Times Childbirth in Chains Published: July 20, 2009 The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists called several years ago for an end to the barbaric and medically hazardous practice of shackling female prisoners during labor. In addition to further frightening these vulnerable women, the practice of chaining their legs, wrists and even their abdomens makes treatment and delivery more difficult and places mother and child at greater risk of harm. The Federal Bureau of Prisons must have had these facts in mind last fall when the bureau ended the routine use of restraints for women in labor and limited shackling to cases in which a woman presents a danger to herself, the baby or the staff...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).