Newport Hospital’s birthing center to remain open

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Newport Hospital says that the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center will remain open, but the hospital ...

Mom in Labor at Hospital Claims No One Checked on Her for 5 Hours — and Her Baby Was Later Delivered with Skull Fractures and Brain Bleeds

"While the harm done to us and trauma inflicted cannot be undone, we want to prevent others from suffering the same," she ...

Runners Are Discovering They Can Take Gels While Giving Birth—and Doctors Are on Board

Patients in labor are usually limited to clear liquids, but runners may have found a workaround to stay energized.

Alabama Birthing Center Regulations Are Nearly Impossible To Comply With. State Supreme Court Could Intervene.

A lawsuit headed to the Alabama Supreme Court argues health regulators exceeded their authority with strict new rules.
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Coalition rallies to save Newport Hospital birthing center, plans State House lobby day

A growing coalition of Newport-area organizations is calling on Brown University Health to publicly commit to preserving the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital — and is ...

Nebraska seeks to end retroactive Medicaid coverage. Hospitals say it will have 'disastrous' impact.

Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to end retroactive Medicaid coverage, which pays for three months of care before the application.
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UC Berkeley backs blacks-only maternal health program rooted in ‘reproductive justice’

Key Takeaways ・UC Berkeley has launched BElovedBIRTH Black Centering, a targeted maternal health program providing prenatal ...

Creepy robot mom that gives birth is training future midwives

Meet Mama Anne, a lifelike childbirth simulator that blinks, breathes and talks, helping midwifery students practice real ...
Anglican Mainstream

The human cost of abortion up to birth

Roger Kiska, Legal Counsel to the Christian Legal Centre, comments in the wake of the House of Lords’ vote on abortion decriminalisation On Wednesday 18 March, the House of Lords considered Clause 208 ...

Babies born with missing oesophagus could get transplant from PIGS in 5 years

A Great Ormond Street Hospital study means children born with missing part of oesophagus could have a new food pipe engineered in a lab using tissue from a pig ...
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She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.

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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.

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