Lane County birth centers: 40-year legacy continues with new facilities
Midwives, mothers, former clients, donors and even some county commissioners were dismayed when PeaceHealth announced in spring 2019 that it would close its Nurse Midwifery Birth Center. The history of Lane County's only freestanding birth center stretches back for decades, to one of the first freestanding birth centers in the nation. But, over the past 40 years, the center has moved under the jurisdiction of different hospitals. Despite protests, testimonies and petitions, the birth center facility at PeaceHealth closed Aug. 31. Now, advocates who first united to save the facility sta...
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