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*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, death of an infant, infant loss, death, maternal loss, mature and stressful themes.

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Sources: 

Addressing Transportation Barriers to Improve Healthcare Access in Arizona

https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/674794 

Advancing Health Equity and Value-Based Care: A Mobile Approach

https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/perspectives/articles/mobile-clinics-in-the-us-health-system#:~:text=Mobileclinicsareaproven,thecriticalweeksafterbirth 

American College of Nurse Midwives

https://midwife.org/ 

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

https://www.acog.org/  

Birth Centers in Massachusetts

https://baystatebirth.org/birth-centers 

A Brief History of Midwifery in America

https://www.ohsu.edu/womens-health/brief-history-midwifery-america 

Clinical outcomes improve when patient’s and surgeon’s ethnicity match, study shows

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/clinical-outcomes-patients-surgeons-concordance

The Controversial Birth of American Gynecology

https://researchblog.duke.edu/2023/10/27/the-controversial-birth-of-american-gynecology/ 

'Father Of Gynecology,' Who Experimented On Slaves, No Longer On Pedestal In NYC

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603163394/-father-of-gynecology-who-experimented-on-slaves-no-longer-on-pedestal-in-nyc 

Governor Healey Signs Maternal Health Bill, Expanding Access to Midwifery, Birth Centers and Doulas in Massachusetts

https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-maternal-health-bill-expanding-access-to-midwifery-birth-centers-and-doulas-in-massachusetts#:~:text=GovernorHea