A judge ruled that Alabama cannot shut down freestanding birth centers that meet certain standards, siding with midwives and doctors who challenged what they described as Alabama’s de facto ban on the facilities.
FILE – Stephanie Mitchell, a certified professional midwife, speaks at a news conference, Aug. 8, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. On Saturday, Sept. 30, a judge ruled that Alabama cannot shut down freestanding birth centers that meet certain standards, siding with midwives and doctors who challenged what they described as Alabama’s de facto ban on the facilities.
Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Greg Griffin on Saturday issued a preliminary injunction that for now prevents the Alabama Department of Public Health from refusing to license the centers as long as they demonstrate compliance with standards established by the American Association of Birth Centers. The centers are where babies are delivered via the midwifery care model.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the operators of the Oasis Family Birthing Center in Birmingham, Alabama, which closed, and two others that paused plans to open. The ACLU of Alabama said that after the ruling that Oasis will be “working to obtain a license from ADPH and resume providing patient care as soon as possible.”
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