Greek Midwives Protest Ban On Delivering Babies Alone

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Hundreds of parties were on the streets of Athens this Friday to protest against the prohibition of birth without the supervision of a doctor in Greece, a country that already registers one of Europe's largest cesarean rates, around 65%. The demonstrators claim that the measure deepens the medicalization of birth, raises health costs and restricts women's right to choose. Read also: Belgian justice condemns a man who has not paid a prostitute ‘M…