The Place Where It’s Illegal For Women To Give Birth

And other things you should know about Svalbard

Matt Lillywhite
Lessons from History
4 min readMar 6

--

IStockPhoto

It’s illegal for women to give birth in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

“The island only has one hospital,” the The Daily Mail reports. “So, expectant mothers have to pack up their belongings and fly somewhere else before giving birth.”

--

--

Matt Lillywhite
Lessons from History

Hit the "follow" if you like my articles. I'm featured in Mind Cafe, Publishous, Better Marketing, The Startup, Curious, Lessons From History, and more.