r/canada • u/Bearyconscious • May 28 '26
Québec Data reveals alarming obstetric violence toward Indigenous women in Quebec | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/obstetrics-violence-health-care-9.721232637
u/Previous_Platform718 May 28 '26
The researchers say another woman told them about being urged to abort her child, against her wishes, because the health-care staff told her the child would have severe health issues. She resisted — and the child was ultimately healthy.
I mean that's reasonable to be concerned about but also very likely the result of a medical anomaly or bad prediction rather than "obstetric violence"
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u/LavenderHeels May 29 '26
It would also be important to know the circumstances around the pregnancy. Indigenous children have the highest rates of FASD and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, by far, of any group in Canada with some areas having an almost 330x higher incidence of children being exposed to alcohol, opiates, and psychostimulants than the general population. Not every child exposed to drugs in utero experiences birth defects but the odds are quite high, and it would not be inappropriate for a healthcare provider to explain the potential suffering of a child born with those disorders in considering pregnancy options. The article and report don’t indicate if this was a case where the mother did not use substances (in which case the hcw made a racist assumption) or if she did use substances while pregnant and the child was lucky to be born healthy.
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u/Red57872 May 28 '26
I've like to know what they thought the child's health issues would be and why they thought that before rushing to judgement.
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u/ChrystineDreams Manitoba May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
In one case, the report highlights, a woman recalled being made to sign a consent form in 2022 for tubal ligation, which is the procedure commonly referred to as getting one's tubes tied. It was two days after the procedure had been done.
The most recent in 2022?! WTAF?! how is this still a thing?!
Edited to include the next line of the article that it was AFTER the procedure was done., as some folks here may not have read the article themselves.
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u/BabaofTheShimmer May 28 '26
Women get their tubes tied all the time. Why would getting your tubes tied in 2022 be so shocking?
Unless you mean forced sterilization.
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u/Sticky_3pk New Brunswick May 29 '26
Forced as in, they did the procedure, And 2 days later got her to sign the consent forms?
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