According to Emily Martin, the general counsel of the National Women's Law Center in Washington, DC, city and state laws in New York forbid drivers from
refusing women in labor.
Not exact matches
The
woman goes to great lengths to choose a provider who she's comfortable with — she
labors at home
in a tub
in a totally peaceful, relaxed environment instead of freaking out, and she
refuses the cesarean that the hospital is trying to force on her.
I discussed this above but to reiterate: my ob was on call when a
woman showed up at the hospital
in labor with a footling breech that she eventually delivered vaginally because she
refused CS.
- Information on the medical procedures likely to be offered to, or performed on, a
woman in labor, and about her rights to consent or
refuse to have such procedures.
A
woman who
refuses all help when the
labor exceeds her ability to physically sustain her self (spilling ketones, dehydration, unable to eat or rest
in a
labor over X amount of hours which might be 24 for some or 48 for others)
The quote doesn't mention pain or pain relief
in labor, yet natural childbirth advocates, unlike most
women in the world, appear to have trouble bonding with babies if they received pain relief
in labor, especially if they had planned to
refuse it.
Many airlines will
refuse to carry
women who are
in an advanced stage of pregnancy — again, because of the risk that the mother will go into
labor and / or need medical attention while
in flight.
A provision enacted
in Delaware requires a health care provider to offer HIV testing to a pregnant
woman whose HIV status is unknown when she enters the third trimester or during
labor and delivery; the
woman may
refuse the test.
The executive order directs the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury, and
Labor to consider issuing policy that would allow employers, schools, and other entities to
refuse to cover
women's preventive health services, including birth control,
in their insurance plans on the basis of religious or moral objection.