Freedom For Birth

Freedom For Birth

Release date : September 20, 2012
Runtime : 58m
Countries of origin : United Kingdom /
Original Language : English / Hungarian /
Director : Toni Harman / Alex Wakeford /
Writers : Toni Harman / Alex Wakeford /
Production companies : Alto Film Production /
September 20, 2012 58m United Kingdom Documentary English More
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A documentary that re-frames Human Rights issues as the most pressing issue in childbirth today; calling for radical change to the world's maternity systems - this is the Mothers' Revolution. In many countries around the world, women are being denied the most basic human right of autonomy over their own bodies. They cannot choose how and where to give birth. Those that persist in their desire to have a normal, physiological birth are sometimes forced by judges to surrender to surgery or threatened with having their babies taken away by child welfare services. In many countries, if a woman wants to have a home birth supported by a midwife, those midwives face criminal prosecution. Some midwives, like Ágnes Geréb in Hungary, are even imprisoned. FREEDOM FOR BIRTH calls for radical reform to the world’s maternity systems so that these Human Rights violations stop and women are afforded real choice as to how and where they give birth.
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  • title:Freedom For Birth
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 2012
  • Runtime:58m
  • Genres: Documentary ·
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom ·
  • Original Language: English · Hungarian ·
  • Director: Toni Harman / Alex Wakeford /
  • Writers: Toni Harman · Alex Wakeford ·
  • Production companies: Alto Film Production ·
  • Overview:A documentary that re-frames Human Rights issues as the most pressing issue in childbirth today; calling for radical change to the world's maternity systems - this is the Mothers' Revolution. In many countries around the world, women are being denied the most basic human right of autonomy over their own bodies. They cannot choose how and where to give birth. Those that persist in their desire to have a normal, physiological birth are sometimes forced by judges to surrender to surgery or threatened with having their babies taken away by child welfare services. In many countries, if a woman wants to have a home birth supported by a midwife, those midwives face criminal prosecution. Some midwives, like Ágnes Geréb in Hungary, are even imprisoned. FREEDOM FOR BIRTH calls for radical reform to the world’s maternity systems so that these Human Rights violations stop and women are afforded real choice as to how and where they give birth.
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