Tom Elliott has weighed in on the new birth guidelines, which quietly came into effect earlier this month.

The 3AW Mornings host said, “It’s just ridiculous, things have moved on.”

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Founder of the Maternity Consumer Network, Alecia Staines, told Tom Elliott, “We’re not having good outcomes, we can’t have the basis just being alive.”

“We have to be alive and have respectful maternity care. It can’t be a trade-off,” Ms Staines continued.

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