Syag Lchochma -“you are right, it is not common, but it is not a rare occurance by any means and saying that it indicates a lack of responsibility was not always the case. I didn’t mean to blow it up, I just meant to clarify that it wasn’t a fair statement.”
This was exactly the point. E/o in medicine knows that these labors do occur, but it’s not the majority. Even in EMS they aren’t the majority -so policy isn’t based on minorities. It would make good sense to educate Frum people of when to go to the hospital – when to call EMS, etc. This would eliminate a lot of Ob EMS calls. It would be good policy for Hatzolah to have women responding to Ob/gyn calls because the majority of these calls could be well served by women!