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Many women now experience the birth of their child as a degrading, humiliating and violent procedure - often with traumatic consequences for their lives. Since more and more hospitals are closing their maternity wards and the midwifery profession is becoming less attractive due to high insurance sums, the pressure in German delivery rooms has increased. It's about time, money and risk minimization - and less and less about the well-being of women. "A child had to be taken out of me as a vessel, no matter how," says one affected woman. "I wasn't actually there." __ Other documentaries on the topic: • Illness & Health A film for The Story of Caterina Woj. (2019) This film was produced in 2019. All statements and facts correspond to the status quo at the time and have not been updated since then.