Child severely disabled

Baby is severely disabled after home birth

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.