To support this kind of work in underserved areas, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a law last month to begin licensing freestanding birth centers. Before that law, Michigan was one of 10 ...

N EWPORT – Dozens of parents marched along Broadway on July 24, pushing baby carriages or carrying toddlers with one hand while holding colorful protest signs in the other. Their aim: to demonstrate ...

When Katie Chubb was pregnant she wanted to have her baby at a birth center, but there was no local option. Now she's trying to open one herself. She has community support, but not from the hospitals.

Birth Detroit Co-Founders, Elon Geffrard, and Nicole White at the State of Birth Justice Event 2023 during Black Maternal Health Week "All people deserve access to all safe birth options ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan started offering free contraception resources this week at more than 300 locations throughout the state. The Take Control of Your Birth Control program, first announced in ...

Planned Parenthood officials in Michigan are among those who praised that step, citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control that eight out of 10 women have used birth control pills at ...

Birth centers usually have kitchens where you can store or prepare food, too, and some also have large whirlpool tubs. And there's often a separate family room where "invitees" can go if you ...

Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord will temporarily close its birthing center on Aug. 1 and move it to Munson Grayling Hospital due to construction challenges and provider staffing changes.