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WyoUnited: Joint Labor Health & Social Services Interim Committee Meeting Memo
Topic: Maternity Healthcare Deserts Overview: Maternity deserts are defined as areas without a hospital or birth center offering obstetric care and without any obstetric physicians. Every day, Wyoming deserts are growing. If Wyomingites choose to have…
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Wyoming Public Media | Wyoming maternal health care shrinks as Platte County pauses labor and delivery services
Another county will become a maternal health care desert in the state on Oct. 15. Banner Platte County Hospital announced this week that it will be pausing inpatient labor and delivery services this fall. That…
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Wyoming Department of Health | Maternity Care Emergency Medical Services Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services Interim Committee Meeting June 2025
Maternal health○ Updated map and data from 2024 JtLHSS brief○Recommendations■ Emergency medical services (EMS)○ New report - highlights○ Recommendations■ Common problem○ Mismatch…
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The Economic Impact of Abortion Restrictions on Outmigration, Reduced Healthcare, Workforce Reduction, Job Loss and Declining College Enrollment in Wyoming: A Critical Analysis by Janean J. Forsyth, MPA
Abstract: This analysis examines the economic and demographic consequences of restricted reproductive healthcare access in Wyoming. Drawing from recent…
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Wyoming Department of Health | Maternity Care in Wyoming
Produced for the Governor’s Healthcare Task Force subcommittee focused on critical healthcare access to illustrate access to maternity care (February 2024). Figure 1 Population of Wyoming residents who are women of reproductive age per county* and the…
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Journal of General Internal Medicine | Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Faith Centers Operating in Bad Faith
On June 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its long-awaited ruling on a California law that required licensed crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post information about affordable abortion and contraception services offered by the state. The…
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AMA Journal of Ethics | Why Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Legal but Unethical
Abstract | Crisis pregnancy centers are organizations that seek to intercept women with unintended pregnancies who might be considering abortion. Their mission is to prevent abortions by persuading women that adoption or parenting is a better option. They strive…