In the Press…
Massachusetts Must Address Our Maternal Health Crisis, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Tiffany Vassell and Jo-Anna Rorie, The Commonwealth Beacon, July 22, 2024
A Community-Led Approach to Transforming Maternity Care, Sarah Klein & Laurie C. Zephyrin, The Commonwealth Fund, June 7, 2024
Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts, Annika Inampudi, The Nation, JULY 19, 2024
Embracing midwifery could change the state of maternal healthcare in Massachusetts, Kana Ruhalter and Arun Rath, WBUR’s All Things Considered, February 2, 2024
Midwife Advocacy Day at the State House calls for expanded access to midwifery care, Bay State Birth Coalition news blog, Nov 2, 2023
License Midwives to Help Struggling Birth Centers, The Boston Globe Editorial Board, March 5, 2023
Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Leseliey Welch and Nashira Baril, January 10, 2023
Podcast: Why We Need Birthing Centers, Aviva Romm with Nashira Baril and Katherine Rushfirth, September 21, 2022
Hoping to deliver at a Massachusetts Birth Center? Good Luck, Shira Schoenberg, November 20, 2022
Birth centers offer options. Why is there only one left in Massachusetts?, The Boston Globe Op/Ed, Nashira Baril, Katherine Gergen Barnett, and Mallika Sabharwal, Dec. 30, 2022
Giving Birth While Black Should Not Be a Death Sentence, Allison Bryant, Makeeba McCreary, and Elsie Taveras, April 15, 2022