As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’

From 2016 to 2023, more than 26,500 people, mostly Latino, have gone to an ER in LA county to seek birthing care

This story was produced in partnership with the non-profit newsroom Type Investigations and the investigative reporting program at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Sigita Cahoon’s 16 September 2024 stretched through the night.

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