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I would like to share information on the grand opening of Nightingale Midwifery Clinic, a beautiful new midwifery and well-women care clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's got all the makings of affordability, walk-ins welcome, open arms for pregnant women dealing with substance abuse issues, welcoming environment for undocumented women. We like it. Please feel free to post information on innovative and fair-priced collectives or clinics around the nation. There's a plan to collect these resources at a separate link here, and to share advice as we build together.
-Anjali
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Nightingale Midwifery Clinic
...Offering affordable prenatal and postpartum care for you
and your baby, including well woman care and classes.
1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 4:00-7:00pm
No insurance needed, $10-$20 sliding scale, Medicaid and some private insurance accepted.
Always safe, confidential care and plenty of time for questions and concerns.
For more info call: 505.510.1138. Walk-ins Welcome
Tuesday, June 21 ยท 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Albuquerque Birth Center
123 Wellesley SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Hello Friends and Allies-
After many years of conversations and planning, we are excited to announce the grand opening of the Nightingale Midwifery Clinic. We believe that all women in New Mexico deserve safe, respectful and confidential care during their pregnancies, labor, and postpartum period. We know that some women in New Mexico face great barriers to care, our midwifery clinic is designed to provide competent care in a dignified way, to women that may not otherwise access pregnancy services.
According to Deadly delivery: The maternal health care crisis in the USA, an Amnesty International report published in March 2010, "Women of color are less likely to have access to adequate maternal health care services. Native American and Alaska Native women are 3.6 times, African-American women 2.6 times and Latina women 2.5 times as likely as white women to receive late or no prenatal care....Women who do not receive prenatal care are three to four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related complications than women who do. Those with high-risk pregnancies are 5.3 times more likely to die if they do not receive prenatal care". This report goes on to explain that when women are able to access care, "Women of color are more likely to experience discriminatory and inappropriate treatment and poorer quality of care".
In New Mexico, we know that many women and families don't have health care coverage. We know that many women and families in our immigrant communities can't access health care because of their immigration status. We know many women and families are criminalized because of their struggles with substance use. We know that many teen parents are stigmatized in their decision to raise a family at a young age. We know that for many women and families, there exist very real obstacles that keep pregnant women from receiving appropriate care.
We know that for all these women and families, prenatal care is a human right. Join us in opening the Nightingale Midwifery Clinic, as we work to improve the health of all New Mexicans.
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