Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama's first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...

At 23 weeks, Asia Brown described herself as a “crazy, frantic pregnant lady,” researching all of her options for the birth of her first child. Brown, 23, an African-American woman who lives in ...

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HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s governor and advocates unveiled a proposal to expand maternal healthcare by allowing free-standing birth centers over hospitals. Gov. Ned Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan ...

A few years ago I visited Dar a Luz, the only free-standing birth center in New Mexico. It looks nothing like the towering urban hospitals I have spent my career working in. Nestled into a valley at ...

Bills to exempt free-standing birth centers from Kentucky's certificate-of-need law have cleared committees in the House and Senare and are poised for floor votes, despite opposition from the chair of ...

The Midwife’s Place in Bellevue, Neb., the state’s first and only free-standing birth center, will close July 28. In a letter sent to patients, the center said, “The reasons for the closure are many, ...

OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Expectant mothers that don't want to give birth in a hospital now have a new option in Illinois. The state has its first free-standing birth center. PCC Community Wellness ...

A Fort Worth mother gave birth standing up in a Texas Health Resources parking lot on Friday the 13th. The baby was a healthy boy named Alfredo Jr. Provided Texas Health Resources Alfredo and Andrea ...

Doctor checks on pregnant patient. Connecticut mothers will soon have more choices as to where they have their baby delivered in the state. Gov. Ned Lamont has signed legislation allowing ...

DANBURY, Connecticut (WABC) -- Expecting mothers in Connecticut will soon have more options for where to seek maternal health care. New legislation signed into law by Gov. Ned Lamont sets up licensing ...