Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband's pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital with a maternity unit.

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Midwives blame California rules for hampering birth centers amid maternity care crisis

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Midwife Caroline Cusenza assists Allison Rowe in the now-closed Monterey Birth & Wellness Center. The center closed because it could not afford to install galvanized steel heating vents — a state licensing requirement. (Photo courtesy of Paige Driscoll/Bay Area Birth Photographer) Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern Cal…

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Midwives Blame California Rules for Hampering Birth Centers Amid Maternity Care Crisis

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband's pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital with a maternity unit. She could have reached Plumas District Hospital, in Quincy, in just seven minutes. But it no longer delivers babies. Local

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Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital with a maternity unit. She could have reached Plumas District Hospital, in Quincy, in just seven minutes. But it no longer delivers babies. Local officials have a plan for a birth center in Quincy, where midwives could deliver babies with backup from…

Midwives blame California rules for hampering birth centers amid maternity care crisis

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