New research from the March of Dimes says more than half of U.S. counties have no labor and delivery hospitals. One Black midwife tries to make a difference for moms in Alabama.
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In mid-coast Maine a grassroots coalition is fighting to prevent the proposed closure of Miles Hospital's labor and delivery center.
A recent memo stated that Landstuhl Regional Medical Center’s services for labor and delivery were suspended until further notice.
The former labor and delivery nurse, identified as Alexis Lawler, posted a video on social media last week where she wished Leavitt would experience a "fourth degree tear" during childbirth. She was fired over the post.