Photo Gallery: Glendale Adventist breech birth ban protest
Tonya Brooks, of Woodland Hills, gives comment across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center with 70 people, mostly women, protesting the hospital’s ban on vaginal-breech deliveries on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Sarah Shahi, of Sherman Oaks, looks at her son, Knox Howey, 1, who was born via vaginal-breech delivery, as Dr. Elliot Berlin makes a recording of her comments across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)As the protest gets going, a mom holding an umbrella proclaiming “Bring Back Breech” stands across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center protesting the hospital’s ban on the vaginal-breech delivery procedure.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Dr. Emiliano Chavira holds a sign with Fabiola Lopez and her son Santino, 3 months, across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center with 70 people, mostly women, protesting the hospital’s ban on vaginal-breech birth.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)A group of mostly women, many who have given birth to babies in a breech possition, gather for a group photo across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center where they are protesting the hospital’s ban on breech birth on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Protesters across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center with 70 people, mostly women, protesting the hospital’s ban on breech birth.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Brandon Beattie, of Sunland; Denise Voight, of Eagle Rock; and Tammy Jolicoeur, of Minnetonka, Minn., hold a piece of poster board for Camelia Beattie, of Sunland, who is 39 weeks pregnant, as she writes “Don’t Breech Natural Birth.”
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Lucia Ribisi, 19, of Los Angeles, who was born via the vaginal-breech procedure, gives comment to Dr. Elliot Berlin, a prenatal chiropractor at Glendale Adventist, who is making a video of the protest across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Dr. Emiliano Chavira picks a croissant, a gift from a protester, across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)A crowd across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center with 70 people, mostly women, protesting the hospital’s ban on breech birth.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)Protesters yell as a car, which honked its horn, drives by across from Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)