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Bruce McIntyre, partner of Amber Rose Isaac who died from medical negligence and racial bias at Montefiore Medical Center, has been advocating for this legislation for five years. Currently, NY is one of only two states that don't allow families to sue for emotional damages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/490a1ed4-6c29-444c-b084-f8164d5a2a04/73617278007-20080311-t-000000-z-323076739-gm-1-e-43-c-00-e-201-rtrmadp-3-newyorkspitzerrepublicans+copy.jpg Media & News Gov. Hochul vetoed Grieving Families Act a third time. What to know. In the midst of an infant and maternal mortality epidemic, the bill was vetoed despite passing with bipartisan support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/701ce6c8-4fd9-4b14-90fd-78e35af6cd20/GeC0zGFWgAAn1kk.jpg Media & News New York's First-in-the-Nation Paid Prenatal Leave. 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A critical bill designed to close a gap in the state’s Paid Family Leave law was pulled at the last minute leaving advocates and sponsors stunned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/9e0ba9b1-1809-4648-85b9-9bfa0b2490a5/Architects+%2B+Birth.jpg Media & News Maternal death rates are staggering in the U.S. Architects see an opportunity to improve birth environments and postpartum resources for women and their families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/c7ae681d-89c0-4e4f-92b0-188466303884/Untitled.jpg Media & News Advocates push bill that would allow certified professional midwives in New York Advocates in Albany are pushing for a bill to legalize certified professional midwives (CPMs) in New York, expanding maternal care options, especially for those choosing home births. 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West 14th street opened in 1996 and closed in 2003 due to high malpractice insurance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/b3fb48a5-6152-4885-97e1-6dd60c2e8456/St+Vincents.jpg History St. Vincent’s in-hospital birthing center at 151 West 11th street closed in 2010 due to financial pressure. The site is now luxury condos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/8d44a46e-d274-42fa-8646-e960ba64ff88/FKb66iEVUAISjCk.jpeg History The racist campaign intersected with sexism and misogyny “Old, untrained, ignorant” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/0f91fb5a-8f05-4e89-85bf-afaad95ab19e/FKb65EgaQAA2bDw.jpeg History The campaign against lay midwives was blatantly racist “they bring with them filthy customs & practices” “ignorant & superstitious” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/8a74c3a6-5100-4a0a-9df5-3b60c6e862a1/Bellevue.jpg History Bellevue’s public in-hospital birthing center in Midtown East opened in 1998 and closed in 2009 due to financial pressure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/8cb8ec46-b416-49e5-8d32-cf4bcf8ca049/FKb66_ZUYAEWrqC.jpeg History Again “they bring with them filthy customs & practices” Racism and xenophobia targeted Black Grandmother midwives, but also immigrant midwives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/dd796b70-0b20-47b6-8a0d-53642d1b3911/MSW.jpg History Mt. Sinai West’s in-hospital birth center near Columbus Circle closed in 2018 in favor of private postpartum rooms and a NICU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/2a1fc49f-d6f8-4a4e-bc00-7dc24304d330/FKb670cUcAAnbqr.jpeg History “African voodooism” & quote from field nurses “The worst feature about midwives…is the indifference of those engaged in medical & public health as to the kind of work these women are doing” White nurses sided with physicians against lay midwives & eventually replaced them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/7b08930f-8124-4cb2-9507-e09811648cfb/NYP.jpg History The in-hospital birthing center at New York Presbyterian in Lower Manhattan opened in 2016 and closed in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/bba17d62-b372-4138-90de-908e774861f0/FKb68R2aIAA9j5B.jpeg History When in fact the infant death rate was higher in births attended by physicians than midwives at that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/f37f26dc-7afb-4d27-a27e-a138d4117f56/Jazz.jpg History The Jazz Birthing Center in Midtown West opened as an emergency facility during the Covid-19 pandemic and closed in 2021 due to staffing issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61a2405954eb4f7e828ad11f/3616fb22-3eb6-4b2b-963c-50d8b7787575/FKb68wPUUAIomWB.jpeg History “Medical schools had no clinical facilities…and a high school diploma was not required for admission” “Through the AMA the regulars attacked female & lay practice in anyway they could” Rockefeller & Carnegie to medical schools “regularize, de-feminize or close”