This gender-based violence, perpetrated by health workers, is widespread In Italy. A recent survey said it impacts one in five mothers.
Credit: Obstetric Violence Observatory.
Eight years ago, Alessandra Battisti’s water broke. She walked into a hospital in Rome, confident that she would receive quality care. Several days later, she left the building in a wheelchair. She was in severe pain and struggled to lift her newborn daughter.
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