Sometimes a local crisis can epitomise a national issue, and so how it gets resolved has ethical and policy implications that go all the way up to the top. The current attempt to close Stroud Maternity Hospital is such an instance.
The general opinion in Stroud is that men in suits are lacking the nerve to stand up to the Government and would rather keep their jobs than their principles. They will always seek an easy sacrifice, and a service run by women for women and their newborn babies might appear to be a soft target - surely there's nobody there whose opinion needs to be taken seriously?
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