<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2400×1800+0+0/resize/2400×1800!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffa%2Ffa%2F9be55d8e491bb6e5a750a9df09ce%2Fnpr-8-10-20216.jpg" alt="A midwife crisscrosses Alabama to care for pregnant women and deliver babies. It" s an important profession as maternity deserts expand across the U.S., according to the latest March of Dimes report.’/>
New research from the March of Dimes says more than half of U.S. counties have no labor and delivery hospitals. One Black midwife tries to make a difference for moms in Alabama.
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Source: NPR.