No-Fault Fund Model Can Help Preserve Birthing Services.

ince before American independence, Catholic hospitals have, in some form, been providing birthing services and health care to mothers and babies, especially the poor and underserved. Today, an alarming trend of multimillion-dollar jury awards has created an unsustainable litigation environment in Maryland, as it has in other states across the nation. This growing financial risk now poses a significant threat to these birthing institutions’ historic mission of providing maternity care to women. S