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A maternity ward at a hospital in Bonner County, Idaho, is the latest across the country that plans to cease operations.

Data released last fall shows that more than 2.2 million women of childbearing age across 1,119 U.S. counties are living in "maternity care deserts."

In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child.

In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child.

A rural hospital in Idaho will stop delivering babies and providing other obstetrical care, citing recently passed laws in which physicians could be prosecuted for providing abortions, among other reasons.

A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons.

A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to pro

A hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate and the state's new abortion laws.

A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons. Bonner General Health in Sandpoint will discontinue obstetrical services in mid-May. It also cited a decreasing number of deliveries and a loss of doctors among other factors in its decision.