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Anna Claire Vollers

Anna Claire Vollers covers health care for Stateline. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama.

Hospitals block much-needed birth centers in the South

Kentucky’s certificate of need law makes it harder for freestanding birth centers to open in the state.
By Anna Claire Vollers
Midwife Stephanie Mitchell, who is attempting to open a birth center in Alabama and has sued the state, speaks at the Mothers of Gynecology monument in Montgomery, Ala., this month. Supporters say such centers could improve birth outcomes in the South, which has some of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the country. (Anna Claire Vollers | Stateline)
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