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Alabama Birth Centers Face Closure | Birmingham News
Alabama’s birth centers face an uncertain future as the state supreme court declines to review a lawsuit challenging new, hospital-like regulations that could force them to shut down. The ACLU, representing the only two centers in the state, argues the rules are financially crippling and unnecessary, since birth centers offer a holistic, midwifery model that reduces interventions and C-sections—especially critical in a state with high maternal mortality and care deserts. A lower court had sided with the centers, but the state appeals court’s ruling now stands. With no immediate legal relief…
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