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ON A COLD DECEMBER NIGHT in 2022, Autumn Walsh, a Gualala resident and expectant mother, and her husband decided to take Meyers Grade — a rural road in northern Sonoma County that leads to California state Highway 1, followed by state Highway 116, and eventually to more populous cities. In the ninth month of her […]

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Labor pains: Expectant parents on rural coast face limited access to nearby birthing centers

First Bay Area baby born in 2025 appears to be in San Leandro; multiple arrivals across region

California’s maternity care crisis is worsening as Newsom decides on bills to slow closures

Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain

Tortillas sold in California may be forced to add new ingredient. New research shows why

Black women are at highest risk for pregnancy deaths. How a new California law addresses the problem

First New Year’s babies: Bay Area welcomes newborns from SF, Walnut Creek, Oakland

As hospitals close labor wards, large stretches of California are without maternity care

Despite high Black maternal death rate, state hospitals ignored training about bias in care

Advocates work to end race-related disparity in health care for pregnant Black patients

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