{"id":226163,"date":"2025-05-06T05:42:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/court-blocks-attempt-to-impose-extra-regulations-on-midwives-birth-centers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T05:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:42:42","slug":"court-blocks-attempt-to-impose-extra-regulations-on-midwives-birth-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=226163","title":{"rendered":"Court blocks attempt to impose extra regulations on midwives, birth centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An Alabama trial court issued a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/oasis-family-birthing-center-et-al-v-alabama-department-of-public-health?document=Summary-Judgment-Oasis-Family-Birthing-Center-et-al-v-Alabama-Department-of-Public-Health-\"><span class=\"s2\">ruling<\/span><\/a> on May 1 permanently blocking the Alabama Department of Public Health from regulating freestanding birth centers like hospitals and imposing onerous licensing rules that would have made it effectively impossible for these centers to provide evidence-based midwifery care in the state. The ruling ensures that plaintiffs Oasis Family Birthing Center in Birmingham and Alabama Birth Center in Huntsville, which have been safely operating for the past year, may continue providing midwifery care to pregnant Alabamians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The decision from the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court holds that the Alabama Legislature never authorized ADPH to regulate midwifery care in birth centers, leaving that responsibility to the Board of Midwifery and other professional licensing boards in the state. Under the terms of a preliminary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/oasis-family-birthing-center-et-al-v-alabama-department-of-public-health?document=Preliminary-Injunction-Order-Oasis-Family-Birthing-Center-v-ADPH\"><span class=\"s2\">injunction<\/span><\/a>\u00a0issued in 2023, two birth centers \u2014 Oasis Family Birthing Center and Alabama Birth Center \u2014 are now open and providing much-needed care in their communities, in accordance with evidence-based\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birthcenters.org\/birth-center-standards\"><span class=\"s2\">standards<\/span><\/a>\u00a0set by the American Association of Birth Centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Birth centers play a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/30\/health\/birthing-centers-alabama.html\"><span class=\"s2\">critical role<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in providing care for low-risk pregnant Alabamians. Expanding access to this care is especially important in light of Alabama\u2019s ongoing maternal and infant health crisis, which disproportionately harms Black women and families, low-income communities, and people living in the state\u2019s rural areas.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchofdimes.org\/peristats\/reports\/alabama\/maternity-care-deserts\"><span class=\"s2\">More than a quarter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of all Alabamians \u2014 and nearly 90 percent in rural areas \u2014 have no birthing hospital within 30 minutes\u2019 drive. Today\u2019s decision will allow even more Alabamians to access this essential care, and pave the way for more birth centers to open in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Statement from Whitney White, staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are elated that the dedicated midwives at Alabama\u2019s birth centers can continue to provide crucial care to pregnant Alabamians across the state without undue interference. Midwifery care in birth centers is safe, can improve patient outcomes, and can play a critical role in expanding access to equitable pregnancy care in Alabama. This ruling ensures that these essential health care providers will be able to continue serving their communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Statement from JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis ruling is a powerful affirmation of what birth workers, families, and communities across Alabama have long known: midwife-led care is essential. As hospitals and obstetric services close across the state\u2014particularly in rural areas\u2014birth centers and midwives are stepping in to fill a dangerous gap in access. In a state facing a maternal health crisis, we need more options, not fewer. This decision brings us one step closer to ensuring that safe, accessible, and community-based birthing care is available to everyone who needs it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The birth centers\u2019 lawsuit was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/complaint-oasis-family-birthing-center-et-al-v-alabama-department-of-public-health\"><span class=\"s2\">filed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0after ADPH created significant uncertainty around the legal status of birth centers that provide midwife-led care by asserting that all such birth centers require a \u201chospital\u201d license, even though they exclusively provide midwifery care to low-risk patients using a model of care that is safely provided in out-of-hospital settings across the country. ADPH\u2019s actions abruptly shut down operations for the one birth center then-operating in Alabama, despite a perfect safety record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The de facto ban on this essential care was especially harmful in Alabama, which has some of the highest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2023\/08\/new-report-alabama-has-worst-maternal-mortality-rate-in-the-us.html\"><span class=\"s2\">maternal and infant health rates<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the country, with Black women and infants making up a disproportionate share of deaths. One factor playing into this concerning trend is inadequate access to pregnancy-related care, including the growing number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomeryadvertiser.com\/story\/news\/local\/alabama\/2022\/11\/23\/maternal-infant-health-at-risk-alabama-health-care-deserts-worsen\/69618003007\/\"><span class=\"s2\">maternal health deserts<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the state and closures of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/07\/two-alabama-hospitals-closing-inpatient-services-including-rural-birthing-unit.html\"><span class=\"s2\">hospital labor and delivery units<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The lawsuit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/oasis-family-birthing-center-et-al-v-alabama-department-of-public-health\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Oasis Family Birthing Center et. al. v. Alabama Department of Public Health<\/i><\/span><\/a>, was filed in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Montgomery in August 2023. The plaintiffs \u2013 Oasis Family Birthing Center in Birmingham, Heather Skanes, M.D., Alabama Birth Center in Huntsville, Yashica Robinson, M.D., the Alabama affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Jo Crawford, CPM, and Tracie Stone, CPM \u2013 are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, Covington and Burling LLP, and Bobby Segall of Copeland Franco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A copy of the ruling can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/oasis-family-birthing-center-et-al-v-alabama-department-of-public-health?document=Summary-Judgment-Oasis-Family-Birthing-Center-et-al-v-Alabama-Department-of-Public-Health-\"><span class=\"s2\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">An overview of the case can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/oasis-family-birthing-center-et-al-v-alabama-department-of-public-health\"><span class=\"s2\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Alabama trial court issued a\u00a0ruling on May 1 permanently blocking the Alabama Department of Public Health from regulating freestanding birth centers like hospitals and imposing onerous licensing rules that would have made it effectively impossible for these centers to provide evidence-based midwifery care in the state. 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