The doctors pushing to ban 'freebirths'

Health experts have joined forces to call on the Government to introduce national legislation that would make it illegal to give birth without a doctor or midwife present. It comes after several recent deaths linked to a practice known as freebirth. 

Today, we’ll explain what that means, where the push for regulation has come from, and what experts, advocates and lawmakers are saying about it.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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