These Midwives would rather quit their jobs than get vaccinated against COVID-19 and have urged the Government to rethink its vaccine mandate for the health workforce.
Ten of Taranaki District Health Board’s 63 registered midwives have said they won’t be getting vaccinated against the deadly disease, effectively ending their careers.
[…] “We have for decades now talked to women about ‘your body, your choice’,” she said. “But these messages… that have come through loud and clear are now not being applied to us as a workforce.”
Worthington said she feels so strongly about “bodily autonomy” she’s willing to walk, despite being her family’s main income earner. And she’s not the only one. The DHB confirmed at least nine others are quitting, Worthington says that’ll leave “around 290 families” looking for new midwives.
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