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Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi

The publicly owned Greenwood Leflore Hospital, in Greenwood, Miss., shown on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, announced the permanent closure of its labor and delivery unit, saying it can't pay competitive wages to nurses. The closure means the area's women will need to travel about 45 minutes to give birth at a hospital, and without focused hospital support, the city's only OB/GYN clinic could struggle to provide maternity care. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A community message is painted on a window of the publicly owned Greenwood Leflore Hospital, in Greenwood, Miss., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The hospital has announced the permanent closure of its labor and delivery unit, saying it can't pay competitive wages to nurses. The closure means the area's women will need to travel about 45 minutes to give birth at a hospital, and without focused hospital support, the city's only OB/GYN clinic could struggle to provide maternity care. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Traffic passes the publicly owned Greenwood Leflore Hospital, in Greenwood, Miss., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The hospital announced the permanent closure of its labor and delivery unit, saying it can't pay competitive wages to nurses. The closure means the area's women will need to travel about 45 minutes to give birth at a hospital, and without focused hospital support, the city's only OB/GYN clinic could struggle to provide maternity care. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) An individual enters the Greenwood OB/GYN Associates clinic across the street from the Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Miss., Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)