President Obama’s Motorcade In L.A. Stopped A Pregnant Woman In Labor From Getting To A Hospital 

July 24, 2014

According to the Blaze, a pregnant woman who had just entered labor was unable to cross the street to get to a medical center because authorities had blocked off the road for President Obama’s motorcade.

“This woman is in labor but can’t get to Cedars cuz of Obama!!!” one witness tweeted on the scene, along with a picture.

Authorities refused to allow her to cross the street, even though the President’s motorcade was nowhere in site.

Eventually, hospital staff in scrubs came to help the pregnant woman.

It’s just another cost of having a visit from the fundraiser-in-chief.

From the Blaze:

Witnesses say a pregnant woman in labor was prevented by authorities from crossing a Los Angeles street to a hospital Wednesday because the road had been closed for President Barack Obama’s impending motorcade.

The unidentified woman was barred from walking the few hundred feet to the hospital for at least 30 minutes as authorities waited for the president’s motorcade to pass by, witness Carrie Clifford told TheBlaze early Thursday morning.

“I felt bad for her,” Clifford said. “It does happen when Obama comes to L.A. or I’m sure anywhere else. It paralyzes the city, it does make it complicated.”

“You can’t do the things you had set out to do because the president is in town,” she added.