{"id":67199,"date":"2022-01-20T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T22:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=67199"},"modified":"2022-01-20T08:39:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T22:09:07","slug":"calls-to-dump-harsh-birthing-restrictions-at-lyell-mcewin-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/calls-to-dump-harsh-birthing-restrictions-at-lyell-mcewin-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls To Dump Harsh Birthing Restrictions At Lyell McEwin Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Restrictions imposed on the partners of women giving birth at Lyell McEwin Hospital have been slammed as \u201cdespicable\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/roweys-sports-show-podcast-19-january-2022\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Rowey's Sports Show Podcast - 19 January 2022\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the rules partners are only allowed into birthing suites during active labour and must leave again four hours after the baby is born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/south-australian-minister-for-health-hon-stephen-wade-end-birth-restrictions-in-south-australia\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An online petition to end birthing restrictions in SA<\/a> had received 23,000 signatures by Thursday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premier Steven Marshall on Wednesday asked for an \u201curgent review\u201d into the policy, but many now say faster action is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s Will Goodings said on Thursday: \u201cA few people have made the point: just cancel it, you\u2019re the premier. It\u2019s despicable. The feedback we\u2019re getting is people are pretty unified on this one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile Labor leader Peter Malinuaskas told David &amp; Will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re the Premier of SA you\u2019ve got an extraordinary amount of authority and that brings with it a degree of responsibility on occasion to just intervene and act.<\/p><p>\u201cI don\u2019t think on this one we need a review or committee\u2026 I just think we needed the Premier to say, listen, when it comes to a moment as significant as the birth of a child the father or the partner\u2019s just got to be there and they\u2019ve got to be there after the fact.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>FIVEAA BREAKFAST LIVE STREAM &#8211; THURSDAY 20 JANUARY &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F259221132861720%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restrictions imposed on the partners of women giving birth at Lyell McEwin Hospital have been slammed as \u201cdespicable\u201d. 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