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October 30, 2026 • 12:00 PM
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Pregnant women in Yemen are some of the ones most at risk after renewed violence between Saudi-backed Yemeni forces and Houthi rebels has cut them off from medical care. Aid agencies say that mothers are being forced to give birth in “unhygienic environments,” without any trained medical staff present. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.

Pregnant women in Yemen forced to give birth with no medical help | CNN

Pregnant women in Yemen are some of the ones most at risk after renewed violence between Saudi-backed Yemeni forces and Houthi rebels has cut them off from medical care. Aid agencies say that mothers are being forced to give birth in "unhygienic environments," without any trained medical staff present. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

Pregnant women in Yemen are some of the ones most at risk after renewed violence between Saudi-backed Yemeni forces and Houthi rebels has cut them off from medical care. Aid agencies say that mothers are being forced to give birth in "unhygienic environments," without any trained medical staff present. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

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