How The Pandemic Can Help Fix Maternity Care in the United States

by Raymond DeVires, PhD and Eugene Declercq, PhD The COVID crisis is shining a light on the way we organize our lives together, exposing inequalities and inefficiencies that, until now, were hiding in plain sight.  Because of the changes forced on us by COVID-19, we have begun to question many aspects of our lives, including where we work, how we provide education, and how we deliver health care.    One prominent story is the plight of women anguishing over the question of where they should birth their baby. Hospitals, considered the best place for birth and the location of 98.5% percent of all US births, now seem unsafe and even unfriendly. Mothers-…
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