Pregnant women in rural areas struggle to find healthcare no matter what they choose to do

This blog post from Daily Yonder describes the impact of closing maternity wards in rural areas.  Women in rural areas have very few options when it comes to the issues they face in pregnancy: abortion, still birth, miscarriage, pre-natal care and even a place to deliver the baby. Why are we choosing to leave women of reproductive age with little to no health care options when it comes to pregnancy?

Documentary on Rural Alabama and health care

Wilcox County, Alabama. Three primary care physicians serve the entire county. One doctor for every 4,667 people.
Take some time to watch A Certain Kind and you'll get an idea of the struggles in these communities to find health care providers.

Great OpEd in the Kansas City Star

Politicizing abortion piles pain on the suffering - The title of this oped says it all.

The Planned Parenthood Question

It is mind numbing to see women and families in rural parts of this country lose MORE access to healthcare because some people oppose abortion. I wonder how much more women will have to lose before it is too much? And how will we see that?

In Montana and elsewhere, Planned Parenthood serves broad function

Great news for rural women in Nebraska and Iowa

This articlen the Chicago Tribune is great news for rural women living in Nebraska and Iowa. It is good to see women's medical care and abortion expanding in regions where access to health care is difficult.