Your support and voice is so important. It matters and I am so grateful that all of you are willing to talk about this issue and keep sharing to spread awareness. I talk to families everyday that are scared of losing access to this maternity unit. Many are writing their own letters. Talking to people they know and telling their friends and family and Voting. Look to the folks willing to support our communities.  Public awareness is necessary for safe care regardless of what decision is made.  So let's keep the conversation going. Sharing this petition with one new person a day can spread so far and keep talking about this very real problem in America. You don't have to be in Nevada to share...it is happening everywhere. There has to be a solution! 

I read a few articles this week that just highlights the abysmal care for women and babies all over our country. Units are being shut down in many cities. PREVENTABLE trauma, injury and deaths are occurring because maternal health is being discarded. 

The following article highlights why this is important no matter where you live, no matter who you are.  Here is an excerpt: 

The State of Maternal Health Care In America

Why This Conversation Matters Right Now
Maternal health is receiving increasing national attention.

Programs are being reevaluated.

Funding priorities are shifting.

States are making different decisions about healthcare access.

And major changes to maternity care reimbursement are scheduled to take effect in 2027.

Before we can understand those changes, we need to understand where we are today.

The reality is this:

Too many pregnancy-related deaths remain preventable.
Significant disparities persist.
Access to care is not equal across communities.
The experience of pregnancy can vary dramatically depending on where a woman lives and receives care.
These are not political observations.

They are simply what the data shows.

AND this one 80% of U.S. pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. Closing labor, delivery, postpartum and NICU units does not help this statistic. It only contributes to it.