<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two women have been charged with manslaughter after a home birth on a property north-west of Coffs Harbour in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span> several years ago.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were called to a home at Karangi on Sunday, September 11, 2022, after a baby was unresponsive following a home birth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics treated the newborn boy before he was airlifted to hospital, where he later died.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/victorias-machete-ban-probed-as-big-blades-found-on-shop-shelves-for-just-10/2f8f3341-30c0-404e-b10f-8bcd4bbe5fa1" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Victoria's machete ban probed as big blades found on shop shelves for just $10</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On February 11 this year, police arrested a 41-year-old woman at Crescent Head, and a 51-year-old woman at Dorrigo.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were both charged with manslaughter and granted bail before appearing in court yesterday, when the matter was adjourned until Tuesday, May 13.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police will allege the younger woman was an unregistered midwife at the time of the birth, and that the older woman held no medical qualifications and had been practising unregistered home-birth midwifery.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/two-women-charged-manslaughter-after-home-birth-near-coffs-harbour-nsw/c0c5de0d-3514-4322-908e-3c9901bbb344" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>