Birth Sanctuary Gainesville is set to be Alabama's first midwifery-owned and Black-led freestanding birth center. 

Dr. Stephanie Mitchell DNP, CNM, CPM is a fierce activist and leader in our community. 

Alabamas department of health is attempting to block the birth center by proposing new rules and regulations in the state. This decision is rooted in racism and oppression. This is an attack on Black birthing bodies and Black providers that are creating solutions to the morbidity and mortality epidemic in the United States. These barriers continue to reinforce the fact that this is not about access to healthcare for pregnant people or about better outcomes for birthing families. It's about power and sustaining racist foundations. 

UPDATE 6/25/23

Please send your letters to: 

Pamela Kendrick (CHPC) privacy officer.  Office of general counsel

Alabama Department of Public Health

201 Monroe St, suite 1540, Montgomery Alabama 36104. 

CALL:  334-206-5868 (office) 

334-652-4169 (cell) 

UPDATE 6/20/2023

Public Hearing: July 13th, 2023 - additional information TBD 

UPDATED IN PERSON ADDRESS: Montgomery County Health Department 

3060 Mobile Highway, Montgomery Alabama 36108

Phone number: 334-206-5366, Jacqueline D. Milledge

PO BOX: 303017 Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017

Written and oral responses will be received until (we find out additional information) 

Alabama Public Health: https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/about/regulations.html

Notice of intended action: https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/about/assets/420-5-13.pdf