Arlington City Council member Bowie Hogg’s father proposed a workaround after he was told he was not allowed to be present in the delivery room for the birth of his first son.
“What are you going to do if I handcuff myself to my wife?” William Clifford “W.C.” Hogg Jr. asked in 1965.
The suggestion was made in jest, but his and wife Sue Hogg’s advocacy was sincere. Eventually, they got their wish — the hospital board allowed W.C. to be present for the birth breaking with a long-standing tradition…