April ‘radio hour’ looks at Maine's worsening maternity care crisis

April ‘radio hour’ looks at Maine's worsening maternity care crisis

This month, deputy editor Stephanie McFeeters was joined by Kate Cough, editor of The Maine Monitor, and community news fellow Emily Hedegard to talk about Maine's maternity care crisis. Roughly half of Maine’s 36 hospitals do not offer birthing services. When this series started publishing in February 2025, nine hospitals in Maine had closed or announced plans to close their birthing units in the past decade. Less than two months later, hospita…