Many California families want to bring their babies into the world outside of a hospital, but the state isn’t making it easy for them. Half of the state’s birth centers have closed since 2020, leaving ...
Midwife Caroline Cusenza holds Allison Rowe’s infant in the now-closed Monterey Birth & Wellness Center. The center closed because it could not afford to install galvanized steel heating vents — a ...
ADVOCATES SAY ARE STILL IN THE WAY. SO MANY FAMILIES HAVE LIFELONG MEMORIES THAT HAPPENED IN THIS BUILDING. HOPE AND NEW LIFE FILLED THIS VICTORIAN HOME IN SACRAMENTO. THESE ARE THE NAMES OF ALL THE ...
After delivering more than 500 babies, Midtown Nurse Midwives in Sacramento was forced to close its doors last December, highlighting the challenges birth centers face in California. Bethany Sasaki, ...