Prunella Briance obituary

Founder of the National Childbirth Trust who was an indefatigable defender of the rights of women to information around birthThe National Childbirth Trust began with two births: one an easy delivery for an unnamed young girl in the East End of London around a century ago, and the other a stillbirth for a woman called Prunella Briance, several decades later. The two mothers never met, but their stories were connected by a doctor whose inspiration led Briance, who has died aged 91, to found the NC