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Despite years of evidence about the incredible outcomes, safety, and cost-effectiveness of midwives, midwifery care is still not the standard for pregnancy and birth in the US, and access to birthing centers remains limited. Yet, studies show they are associated with a reduction in cesareans, preterm births, increased breastfeeding success, and an overall positive experience of birth. This is why we need birthing centers and why the work of my guests, visionaries Nashira Baril and Katherine Rushfirth, is critical for creating a sea change in how people birth in this country.  Aviva, Nashira, and Katherine discuss: Nashira’s and Katherine’s origin stories into birth work What a birthing center is and how does it differ from home or hospital birth options The advantages of birthing centers and working with a midwife  The fact that the birthing center model remains majority white-led and why this needs to change   The huge financial savings birth centers put back