Gloria Lemay, a 77-year-old self-styled Vancouver Island 'childbirth activist', has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a newborn last January. Lemay is accused of presiding over a home birth in violation of a decades-old court order prohibiting her from acting as a midwife. Police believe her involvement in the birth process led to the child's injuries and death.
The charge against 77-year-old Gloria Lemay comes almost one year to the day after the alleged victim died on Jan. 6, 2024 — 10 days after a home birth over which Lemay is accused of presiding in contravention of a decades-old court order restraining her from acting as a midwife.
CBC reported on the existence of an RCMP investigation into the newborn's death on Monday — citing documents filed by B.C.'s College of Nurses and Midwives last year in support of an order to search Lemay's home.B.C. 'childbirth activist' under RCMP investigation over death of newborn following home birth
She was convicted of that crime in a lower court but ultimately acquitted in the Supreme Court of Canada, which found that a fetus had to be completely removed from its mother's body and born alive to be considered a person. Court documents include pictures of items seized during a search of Gloria Lemay's home following the death of an infant after a botched home birth.
"She lived for 14 hours after being extubated," a nurse told Beck. "Traumatizing for all involved; neonatologist stayed on shift 15 hours in order to provide continuity."
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