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Health. Perinatality in Lorraine: Outcry Against the Moratorium on Maternity Closures

Health. Perinatality in Lorraine: Outcry Against the Moratorium on Maternity Closures

A political decision one year before municipal elections and two years before presidential elections? On May 16, MPs voted for a three-year moratorium on maternity closures, cutting short the debate on the difficulties that the French perinatal sector has been facing for years. Before its passage through the Senate, the bill sparked a strong reaction from professionals in the sector.
Dr. Véronique Guillotin, Senator for Meurthe-et-Moselle, rapporteur of the Senate's Information Mission on the Future of Perinatal Care, and Professor Delphine Mitanchez, President of the French Society of Perinatal Medicine. Photo: Thierry Fedrigo
Dr. Véronique Guillotin, Senator for Meurthe-et-Moselle, rapporteur for the Senate's Information Mission on the Future of Perinatal Care, and Professor Delphine Mitanchez, President of the French Society of Perinatal Medicine. Photo: Thierry Fedrigo

Investigations, alarming reports, the rise in infant mortality in France, and warnings from obstetrics and gynecology professionals have all but changed the situation. On May 16, MPs voted for a three-year moratorium on maternity ward closures aimed at "fighting infant mortality." They thus cut short the debate on the difficulties that the French perinatal sector has been facing for years. Before its passage through the Senate, the bill sparked a heated debate...

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