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Millions of pregnant people in the U.S. live in maternity care deserts

At this moment, millions of pregnant people don’t have access to healthcare that would help them safely deliver their babies.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young hears about the growing number of maternity deserts from Theresa Gaffney, a multimedia producer with our partners at STAT, the health and medicine publication.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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