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Black Midwives Are Pillars Of Pregnancy Care. Here’s What We Can Learn From Them.

Black midwives are uniquely positioned to see what has gone wrong in maternity care and how we can attempt to make it right.
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Memphis Midwives Work to Address Racial Disparities in Care

NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports on one clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, where midwives are working to facilitate better outcomes by bringing holistic care to women of color.
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How CHOICES Memphis Center for Reproductive Health is Using a Grant to Bring More Midwives to the Area

Shelby County Commission awarded more than $200,000 for two midwife fellowships at CHOICES to give women more options in light of the Dobbs decision.
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Black Mothers Face Dangerous Health-Care Disparities. Can Midwives Bridge the Gap?

In “Bearing the Burden: Black Mothers in America,” stories of neglect and trauma highlight the growing movement to change this country’s approach to birth and perinatal care.
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Data Shows Pregnancy-Related Deaths More Likely Among Black Women

As a movement to address racism persists in the U.S., a spotlight has been put on racial disparities when it comes to health care -- specifically the high maternal mortality rate among black women.
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Meet Nikia Grayson, a Memphis Midwife Championing Health Justice for Black Women

MLK50’s second “Unsung, Unbowed, Unstoppable” honoree cares for expecting mothers at CHOICES, a Midtown clinic
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Black Midwives: A Q&A with Dr. Nikia Grayson, CHOICES’ Director of Clinical Services

Dr. Nikia Grayson, CHOICES’ director of clinical services, said there are currently only four Black midwives in Memphis. Grayson discusses why increasing that number will mean more inclusive, culturally competent reproductive healthcare for Black women in Memphis.
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A Midwife’s Work at an Abortion Clinic: A Q&A with Nikia Grayson of CHOICES Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

An abortion clinic might seem like an unlikely space to provide midwifery services, but CHOICES Memphis Center for Reproductive Health is setting a new standard for covering the full spectrum of reproductive health-care needs.
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Meet midwife Nikia Grayson

Nikia Grayson’s career started as a sports photographer.
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CHOICES opens new facility in Medical District

The new facility boasts more space, with more exam rooms, a large lobby, a test lab, and a birthing wing decked out with a meal area, birthing tubs, personal bathrooms, and an outdoor space. The wing has allows the center to expand its midwifery program.
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After Abortion Protections Fell, Their Lives Were Upended

In their own words, patients and providers detail the gut-wrenching decisions they have faced
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CHOICES Announces New Fellowship for Black Midwives

CHOICES’ fellows will have the unique opportunity to attend various types of births in three settings (hospital, home, and birth center) alongside CHOICES’ Black-led midwifery birthing team. They will also work with other health care professionals such as doulas and other community birth workers, gynecologists, obstetricians, and urologists.
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CHOICES' New Birth Center is Making History and Reviving Black Midwifery in Memphis

When finished, CHOICES: Memphis Center for Reproductive Health’s new Comprehensive Reproductive Health Center will be the only nonprofit in the country offering full-spectrum services under one roof. Those services include basic reproductive health screenings and treatment, prenatal care, LGBT+ services, menopause and miscarriage management, abortion, birth, and more.
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Home birth requests ‘went through the roof’ when the pandemic hit. Are they here to stay?

Midwives say interest in working with them has doubled — or even tripled — during the pandemic
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