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  "path": "/2026/06/08/repub/black-midwives-are-suing-southern-states-claiming-regulations-make-it-harder-to-help-patients/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T04:05:49.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Abortion Policy",
    "Health",
    "Alabama Birth Center",
    "American College of Nurse-Midwives",
    "American Midwifery Certification Board",
    "Association of Black Women Physicians",
    "Atlanta Birth Center",
    "CDC",
    "Center for Reproductive Rights",
    "Getty Israel",
    "Hillary Schneller",
    "Jamarah Amani",
    "midwives",
    "Mississippi Center for Justice",
    "National Black Midwives Alliance",
    "Oasis Family Birthing Center",
    "Rob McDuff",
    "Sarah Stokely",
    "Sisters in Birth",
    "Tamara Taitt",
    "Wanda Wilburn",
    "Yashica Robinson"
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  "textContent": "Black midwives in the South, a region rife with racial disparities in maternal health access and maternal mortality, are leading lawsuits over state regulations that they say limit their ability to provide care. Women behind the litigation say midwives can help improve birthing outcomes in Southern states, where maternal mortality rates are higher than the […]",
  "title": "Black midwives are suing Southern states, claiming regulations make it harder to help patients"
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