Mom forced to give birth to baby on clinic lawn and son have recovered

Pregnant Irma Lopez, 29, and her husband - both ethnic Mazatec - walked October 2 to clinic in Oaxaca, but were turned away by nurses Photo of grimacing Lopez kneeling on patch of grass outside clinic with her newborn son still attached by umbilical cord set off firestorm online Clinic director Dr Adrian Cruz was suspended pending state and federal investigations Nurses at health clinic blamed 'misunderstanding' on language barrier and being short-staffed Lopez and her baby, Sabino, made full recoveries Her story has inspired women's health advocates to push for reforms that will prevent this sort of thing from happening again Advocates say it is common for pregnant women to be turned away from medical clinics in Mexico

By Daily Mail Reporter and Ap

PUBLISHED: 20:51 EST, 27 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:49 EST, 28 March 2014

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The woman featured in a photograph that shocked the world last year - that shows her giving birth on the lawn of a medical clinic after she was refused treatment by health officials - has made a full recovery and is in perfect health, as is her five-month-old son, Sabino.

Additionally, the attention her shocking photo received has inspired women's rights activists across the globe to end what they call a pattern of poor indigenous Mexican women being turned away from hospitals while in labor, forcing them to give birth on lawns, patios or parking lots.

The shocking image, taken in October by a passerby, shows 29-year-old Irma Lopez , who is of Mazatec ethnicity, squatting after giving birth, her face contorted in pain and her tiny newborn son still bound by the umbilical cord and lying on the ground.

Healthy: Irma Lopez and her son Sabino went through labor on the lawn of a medical clinic that turned her away

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