Mitchell knows Birth Sanctuary's impact goes beyond being Alabama's first freestanding birth center. The Alabama State Board of Midwifery lists 19 midwives, and Mitchell is one of them. "And then, ...

The Connecticut Childbirth & Women’s Center, the only free-standing birthing center in the state since 1997, recently changed hands as national trends show that these types of facilities are ...

After years of advocacy, freestanding birth centers will soon be easier to open in Kentucky, as activists say many women go to neighboring Tennessee and Indiana for childbirth.

The Iowa Legislature has exempted birthing centers from requiring a certificate of need to open. A Des Moines midwife who had sued the state over the regulation has dropped her suit and plans to ...

Prevention begins with adequate care, but when more than half of Alabama’s counties are considered maternity care deserts or ...

A Mesa birth center has been under investigation by the state of Arizona after the death of a Valley baby. ... they're probably going to go pretty easy on themselves," Daniel Neisess said. ...

When the new OMH Birthing Center opens in the summer of 2026, OMH staff will return to Gaylord, and Grayling’s birthing unit will close as part of the Regional Care Transformation Plan.

Midwife Caitlin Hainley sued state over regulatory hurdles to opening new birthing center. Despite loss in court, a new state law clears her path. Zach Boyden-Holmes Watch Iowans gather at the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the U.S. birth rate dropped to 1.6 children per woman in 2023 – a new historic low. To be at replacement levels, the birth rate would have ...

GMH finally decides to look at 2016 plans to renovate dilapidate, dirty, unsafe Birthing ward. In 2016, Donald Trump was elected President for the 1st time, Russia was messing around with US ...

Guam Memorial Hospital officials told senators during Friday’s informational briefing that a new birthing center will be completed in three years. “It’s been a long time coming, and time is ...