November 9, 2014

Iowa Police Stop, Force Pregnant Woman To Ground, She Was On Way To Hospital To Give Birth


 
Keep going: Even after a police officer turned on their sirens to pull the couple over, Rachel told her husband to keep going so she wouldn't give birth in the car.

[From article]
The video, which aired on Good Morning America, also made it clear the couple had called 911 to notify them of the situation, but nothing was done in time.
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'[The cop] starts following me and he turns on his lights an my wife says we can’t pull over. The baby is coming now,' Ben, who was driving, told NBC 13.
Said Rachel, 'I did tell him not to stop.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2795593/video-shows-moment-pregnant-woman-forced-car-ground-gunpoint-labor-speeding-hospital.html

Video shows moment a pregnant woman was forced out of her car and on to the ground at gunpoint while in LABOR - all because she was speeding to the hospital
Rachel Kohnen, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, and her husband Ben were speeding to the hospital Tuesday morning as she was in labor
Fearing she might give birth in the car, Rachel told her husband to keep driving after an officer turned on the sirens and started following them
Police eventually threw down tire spikes, and forced the couple to the ground, holding them at gunpoint, before realizing their medical emergency
Video shows Rachel as she struggles to get to the ground while multiple officers surround her with guns
Shortly after, Rachel gave birth to her fourth child, a daughter named Hazel, who weighed in at 10 pounds
By Chris Spargo for MailOnline

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