Irish Examiner view: Support pregnant women 

Of all the groups who have suffered in the pandemic, pregnant women have cause for greater anger than most.

There is worldwide concern, almost two years after the first outbreak, about the numbers of unvaccinated pregnant women in ICUs.

The pandemic could not be planned for. It took the scientific community time to garner evidence as to how Covid-19 attacked the body and public policy shifted in every country in the world as our knowledge of the virus evolved.

But the pandemic has also exposed attitudes to maternity care that are no longer acceptable.