Charities say undocumented women have to make difficult choices about accessing maternity care because of crippling NHS fees
Pregnant women living in the UK without documents are having to make difficult decisions about accessing maternity services, potentially risking their own lives and those of their unborn children, because of crippling fees imposed by the NHS, say charities.
Campaigners say vulnerable women already struggling to support themselves are being charged up to £6,000 for a normal birth, with emergency procedures such as caesareans adding around £3,000, because of the 150% surcharge introduced to prevent “health tourism” from outside the EU.
I arrived in the UK stressed, worried, sick and 27 weeks pregnant
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