Men can now be midwives
NZPA London Men in Britain will be allowed to become midwives, Mr Kenneth Clarke, the Minister for Health, has said, five days before the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg was due to hear a case against the Government. He made it clear, however, that women would continue to have the right to choose to have their babies delivered by a female midwife, and he said the health authorities would be asked to ensure that male midwives were chaperoned as necessary.
The European Commission in Brussels took the case against Britain to the European Court and would almost certainly have won. The European action was a result of the lobbying of Mr Norman Imms, who tried to train as a midwife in Sunderland but was rejected because of his sex. The Sex Discrimination Act, 1975, specifically excluded midwives from its provisions, but in 1976 the Government bowed to E.E.C. pressure and allowed men to train. By last June, 28 had qualified.
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