Time for a Woman in Labor to Go to the Hospital on Shabbat
Question
A woman who has started labor contractions but has not yet begun actual labor, is she allowed to go to the hospital?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
A woman who sees that labor has begun and estimates that she needs to leave in order to reach the hospital on time, even if she is not yet considered to be in the midst of labor for other legal purposes, may desecrate Shabbat and go to the hospital.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Mishnah Berurah, Siman 330, Se'if Katan 9
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