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'Breaking the Taboo' reviewed in Politics Home

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Monday, 2 June, 2025
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Breaking the Taboo Politics Home 2nd June 25

Rosie Duffield, MP for Canterbury and co-chair of the APPG on Birth Trauma, reviewed Theo Clarke's new book 'Breaking the Taboo: why we need to talk about birth trauma' in Politics Home. In a glowing review, Ms Duffield called the book a 'A powerful call to arms to change our approach to maternity care'.

She puts the case for this book becoming a necessary read for all MPs, with the final third providing the 'most powerful' reasons to care about birth trauma. You can read her full review here.

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