Augusta Birth Center

07/27/2025

We are still fighting:

When Katie Chubb was pregnant she wanted to have her baby at a birth center, but there was no local option. Now she's trying to open one herself. She has community support, but not from the hospitals.

10/24/2024

Interview with the Washington Post ☑️

04/23/2024

https://reason.com/2024/04/23/new-georgia-law-stops-hospitals-from-blocking-competition-from-birthing-centers/

Certificate of need laws were supposed to ensure high-quality health care in rural places. Instead, they allowed hospitals to veto potential competitors.

04/22/2024

https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/article_a45513a0-fe90-11ee-b809-17ef8e991c91.html

Thanks to Tony West for the mention!

(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed several health care-related bills during a Friday ceremony in Athens, including a measure to relax state requirements regulating health care facilities.

04/11/2024

Atlanta, Georgia—Today, the Georgia Senate and Georgia House of Representatives voted to make important reforms to the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) laws. The reforms will greatly expand access to key medical services including newly expanded statewide access to birthing centers as well as i...

03/22/2024

This marks a momentous beginning.

Throughout our journey, skepticism was our constant companion. But our resolve remains unshaken, our mission, far from complete.

This is more than just a step; it's a bold leap towards transforming healthcare accessibility for millions in Georgia, lighting the way to a future where health and well-being are within everyone's reach.

https://americansforprosperity.org/afp-ga-applauds-georgia-legislature-on-certificate-of-need-reforms/

01/24/2024

We often receive inquiries regarding the current status of our birth center initiative.

I'm pleased to update that we are actively navigating through the judicial system in collaboration with the Pacific Legal Foundation.

Concurrently, we are also engaging on the legislative front with Americans for Prosperity. Our commitment to establishing a birth center in Augusta remains steadfast. Pursuing this inequality on two fronts.

Additionally, we have recently participated in several press activities to further this cause. See the new video below.