Alabama Is a Pro-Life State. So Why Is It So Hard to Give Birth There?
Kristina Anderson, a mother of three, sits with her newborn son Malakai. “This is my body and I should be able to carry as many children as I and God would like,” Anderson said. (All photos by Charity Rachelle for The Free Press)
People in America’s Deep South don’t blame hospitals for closing their maternity wards. They blame their ‘pro-family’ politicians. ‘It’s complete hypocrisy.’
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A few months ago, Ashley Gulsby was helping her mom clean a bedroom for a housekeeping client when she noticed a copy of the local paper on a nightstand. There it was in bold black letters: “Grove Hill Memorial Hospital ending labor and delivery services.”
The hospital in Grove Hill, Alabama, an 1,818-person town at the crossroads of two regional highwa…
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