Sen. Jon Ossoff Sounds Alarm as Northeast Georgia Maternity Unit Closes, Sending Pregnant Women Farther for Care

Sen. Jon Ossoff is once again putting Georgia’s maternal-health crisis under the political microscope after the closure of St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital’s labor-and-delivery unit in Lavonia left women in parts of Northeast Georgia facing longer journeys for childbirth services. The hospital ended the service after determining that its finances could not withstand further pressure,...