{"id":4397,"date":"2015-10-16T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T03:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2015-10-16T19:02:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T08:02:06","slug":"nauru-pregnancy-is-no-racket-mr-dutton-pregnant-nauru-asylum-seekers-need-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=4397","title":{"rendered":"Nauru pregnancy is no racket, Mr Dutton: pregnant Nauru asylum seekers need help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Dutton has again exposed the hypocrisy of the Turnbull government\u2019s commitment to respect for women, describing the plight of pregnant asylum seekers on Nauru as &#8220;a racket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151007-WA0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4398\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151007-WA0006-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20151007-WA0006\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151007-WA0006-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151007-WA0006-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151007-WA0006.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The pregnant women on Nauru need medical expertise for difficult pregnancies. The difficulties for a diabetic pregnancy are well established; the baby being large for gestational age is just one factor that increases the risk of birth trauma, induction of labour and likelihood of need for a caesaraian section. There is a greater likelihood of the baby being stillborn or developing heart and breathing problems and dying shortly after birth. (Photos of Golestan, the 35 year-old, pregnant Iranian asylum seeker are attached.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes that sound like pregnant women are blackmailing the Australian government, as Peter Dutton claims?\u201d asked Ian Rintoul, of the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Malcolm Turnbull had any respect for women, he would sack Peter Dutton for his shameful comments belittling the serious concerns for the health of pregnant asylum seekers and their babies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Immigration department has made a political decision to over-ride medical advice with a decree that asylum seeker women will no longer be sent to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hundreds of people who have been brought to Australia for medical treatment have been brought from Nauru because of the medical advice of the government\u2019s own doctors. They are proof positive that proper medical treatment is not available on Nauru.<\/p>\n<p>The figures for infant and maternal mortality on Nauru are staggering. There are seven soon-to-be mothers in the detention centre, three Iranians, three Rohingyans and one Sri Lankan who are facing serious risks to themselves and their babies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister and the government is not being \u2018taken for mugs\u2019; Peter Dutton has made a mug of himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis attempt to remove Abyan, the raped Somali refugee, to Nauru without care or counselling reveals a Minister driven by base political revenge upon the most vulnerable of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Refugee Action Coalition has initiated a petition calling for the Prime Minister to bring Golestan and other pregnant asylum seekers to Australia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-bring-pregnant-nauru-refugees-to-australia\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-bring-pregnant-nauru-refugees-to-australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Ian Rintoul mob 0417 275 713.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Dutton has again exposed the hypocrisy of the Turnbull government\u2019s commitment to respect for women, describing the plight of pregnant asylum seekers on Nauru as &#8220;a racket.\u201d The pregnant women on Nauru need medical expertise for difficult pregnancies. The difficulties for a diabetic pregnancy are well established; the baby being large for gestational age [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-4397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-press-releases","7":"tag-nauru"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/311091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}