France/Child Mortality: National Assembly Adopts Moratorium on Maternity Closures

The deputies of the French National Assembly approved on Thursday 15 May by a large majority, at first reading, a bill to combat infant mortality. Among other things, the text provides for the establishment of a three-year moratorium on maternity closures, "except in case of danger to the safety of patients. The bill, carried by the centrist group LIOT( Libertés , Indépendants, Overseas and Territories) as part of its "niche" parliamentary was a…