In some rural areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the late 1950s, and hospitals are shuttering labor and delivery units, leaving mothers little access to care when they need it.

East Texas Community Health Services is rolling out a mobile health services program with their mobile health unit. CEO Anita Humphreys said they’ve had the truck for six years and typically use ...

For a struggling rural hospital, closing the labor and delivery unit may be an alternative to closing the entire hospital. That’s in part because labor and delivery units can be costly to operate.

Large swaths of rural Texas are reproductive health care deserts, without easy access to contraception or health care during or after pregnancy. With abortion almost totally banned in Texas, rural ...