“We have the right to be born in our sub-prefecture towns” | EUROtoday

One defends his small maternity ward, threatened with closure, the opposite needs to reopen his, closed since 2018. In Saint-Amand-Montrond, within the Cher, simply as in Châteaudun, in Eure-et-Loir, the difficulty of sustaining a maternity ward on its territory is a part of the struggle of the 2 mayors candidates for his or her re-election, Emmanuel Riotte, varied right-wing, and Fabien Verdier, with out label. After a long time throughout which maternity hospital closures continued to extend, frequently scary robust native mobilizations to oppose them, they refuse to help the motion.

The debate resurfaced on the political scene, with the adoption within the National Assembly, at first studying, of a invoice establishing a “moratorium” of three years on maternity closures, in May 2025. Structures at the moment finishing up fewer than 300 deliveries per yr are solely open on an distinctive foundation, this determine having been outlined because the minimal threshold, when it comes to security, to be able to guarantee a adequate variety of birthing procedures.

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