100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640

Phone: 570-826-6144
Fax: 570-655-1180

Copyright © 2025 WVIA, all rights reserved. WVIA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Midwives step up to fill maternity care gaps across the Mountain West

Editor’s note: Due to a scheduling change, this segment did not air on Dec. 4, 2025, as planned. 

Maternity care across the Mountain West is diminishing. Now, midwives are providing pregnant people with care options at birthing centers.

Hanna Merzbach of the Mountain West News Bureau reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2025 WBUR