Child severely disabled

Baby is severely disabled after home birth

The baby had to be treated in intensive care and has severe disabilities following the home birth that went wrong.

(Bild: AP)

She refused help. Was informed that the birth could be problematic. Nevertheless, a 38-year-old woman in Hausruckviertel (Upper Austria) gave birth to her daughter all alone at home. With fatal consequences: The child is severely disabled. The mother now faces up to ten years in prison.

The 38-year-old was pregnant for the fourth time, the second and third children were born at home without medical assistance or a midwife. And the Bad Schallerbach woman also wanted to do without outside help for her fourth child - the only person on her emergency list was her ex-partner and father. A catastrophe with a run-up followed.