The CDC released data last month showing how women fled NYC at the height of the pandemic to give birth, largely as a reaction to fear of overwhelmed hospitals as well as restrictive birthing policies. What's interesting about the data, from my perspective, is how clearly it demonstrates that it's those with wealth who can avoid the limitations regulations create. New York State has regulated birth centers out of existence, largely through the burdensome and outdated Certificate of Need (CON) process, resulting in fewer options for precisely those people who can't buy themselves out of these limitations.
Regressive Regulations and structural racism
Regressive Regulations and structural racism
Regressive Regulations and structural racism
The CDC released data last month showing how women fled NYC at the height of the pandemic to give birth, largely as a reaction to fear of overwhelmed hospitals as well as restrictive birthing policies. What's interesting about the data, from my perspective, is how clearly it demonstrates that it's those with wealth who can avoid the limitations regulations create. New York State has regulated birth centers out of existence, largely through the burdensome and outdated Certificate of Need (CON) process, resulting in fewer options for precisely those people who can't buy themselves out of these limitations.