Choices Birthing Center hosts Black Maternal Health Week events
Mothers LaDawna Jones (left) and Troyisha Jones hold their newborn baby Mylle Jones at Choices - Memphis Center for Reproductive Health on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Black women make up the majority of patients at Choices’ freestanding birthing center in Midtown, whose midwifery practice has been delivering babies since 2017.
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Aisling Mäki has been writing about Memphis since she moved to the city more than 20 years ago. She’s worked for print, digital and broadcast news outlets, including Memphis Daily News and Action News 5 (WMC), as well as public relations agencies. Her work has earned awards from The Associated Press, Tennessee Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Public Relations Society of America.
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