Ban the detention of pregnant women | Letter

Emma Ginn, the director of Medical Justice, warns that women in immigration detention receive inadequate healthcareYou report how a pregnant rape survivor experiencing a miscarriage and barely able to stand was unlawfully held in immigration detention which amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment (Home Office pays £50,000 to trafficked woman detained during miscarriage, 20 August).This case show precisely why the Home Office must heed our advice and that of the medical profession, and actually ban the detention of pregnant women.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Immigration and asylum Women Pregnancy Health & wellbeing Home Office Politics Medical research Human rights Source Type: news