Warning: This story contains content some people may find distressing. Pregnant woman Claire Pearce’s bandaged son Canberra mum Sarah Wilson’s son Anonymous mother’s newborn baby The foot of a baby born to Canberra mum Anonymous mother’s newborn ‘She burnt both of his feet’ Claire Pearce looks into the camera. Like more than a dozen women the ABC spoke to, mother-of-three Claire Pearce said she was not aware of an ACT Legislative Assembly committee examining the care, and sometimes mistreatment, of mothers and newborns at Canberra’s public hospitals . Ms Pearce said she learned about the maternity inquiry too late to make a submission, and that it was advertised improperly. She was concerned that she, and many like her, were not given an adequate chance to have their say. But the committee has resisted calls to reopen submissions, and women like Ms Pearce have warned its recommendations could be meaningless […]