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Neighborhood Birth Center urges Boston to fund community birth centers and ease zoning barriers
3091428 · April 23, 2025
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Summary
A representative of Neighborhood Birth Center told the council that Massachusetts ranks low in birth center access and asked the city to invest in birth center infrastructure and help with zoning barriers.
Cara Burrell, executive director of Neighborhood Birth Center and participant in a national effort to expand community birth infrastructure led by people of color, spoke to the committee on April 22 about the need for more perinatal and birthing health options in Boston.
Burrell said birth center care is associated with better outcomes…
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