On June 7, 2022, the nine members of Beverly City Council co-signed a public statement on Beverly Hospital’s announced intent to close the North Shore Birth Center (NSBC). In the statement, the councilors “call upon Beverly Hospital to reconsider its proposed plan to discontinue outpatient Birth Center care,” and notes that NSBC “provides an important resource for our community and surrounding area and is in line with our commitment to work to improve equity and access in all areas of our community.” Citing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Special Commission on Racial Inequities in Maternal Health’s call for more free-standing birth centers in Massachusetts, the Councilors note, “Beverly Hospital is well-poised to lean into this call and to be a leader in this work, by supporting the North Shore Birth Center now and into the future, rather than closing it.”
The members of the Campaign to Save the North Shore Birth Center are grateful to the Councilors for their public statement and support.
The Campaign to Save the North Shore Birth Center 