# Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-18T03:59:02+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/18/indigenous-woman-shackled-during-labour-childbirth-queensland-ntwnfb
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/indigenous-woman-shackled-to-hospital-bed-while-in-labour-in-queenslan-6ce351/

Birth happens days before Labor and Coalition block bill to ban ‘barbaric practice’ of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast An incarcerated Indigenous woman was shackled to a hospital bed in Queensland while she was in labour last weekend, an advocacy group has said. The birth happened just days before Labor and the Coalition b

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