Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sarah Simmons, a midwife and co-owner of Maple Street Birth Center in rural Okanogan County, Wash., holds a newborn. Freestanding ...
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 ...
Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama's first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, wanted to improve access to maternal health care in a state that's long ...