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The Last Birthing Center Just Closed in Cecil County, MD. Impacted Women Will Deliver Babies Across State Lines.

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Today, Union Hospital’s Family Birth Center in Elkton, Maryland, closed its doors for good, ending hospital-based labor and delivery care in Cecil County.1 Expectant mothers are now being directed to ChristianaCare’s Newark, Delaware campus, 13 miles away, or to Harford County, nearly 40 minutes further. For a mother in active labor, that distance is not … The Last Birthing Center Just Closed in Cecil County, MD. Impacted Women Will Deliver Babies Across State Lines.

Interactive Map: America’s Vanishing Delivery Rooms

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Maternity services are disappearing across the country, hitting low-income communities the hardest. Running a labor and delivery unit is expensive, with round-the-clock staffing that insurance (Medicaid and private payers alike) has long failed to cover.1 Workforce shortages compound the pressure: one in five medical students wanting to specialize in OB/GYN won’t match to a residency … Interactive Map: America’s Vanishing Delivery Rooms