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For one Nebraska mother, birth freedom came just in time. After a court granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit brought by Pacific Legal Foundation, Nebraska mother Hope Lindstrom was able to give birth at home with the assistance of a certified nurse-midwife on April 26 — the first CNM-assisted home birth in Nebraska history. Th ...

A series of new billboard messages along I-77 outside Statesville both call attention to the problem of declining access to health care across North Carolina and propose a solution: Rural America is Dying. We Need Nurses. Not Government Roadblocks. These bright orange billboards stand in stark contrast to the surrounding rural North Carolina ...

For many Missourians, access to healthcare is out of reach. Eighty percent of the state is considered a healthcare desert, with too few providers to meet the needs of local residents. Missouri ranks among the worst in the nation for primary care shortages, and in some rural counties, patients must drive 30 to 45 minutes just to reach the nearest ho ...

Law schools are desperately changing hiring and admissions policies to increase diversity—not because of their own internal objectives, but because of pressure from accrediting agencies. New research from Pacific Legal Foundation reveals how the American Bar Association (ABA) pressures public law schools to adopt race- and sex-based hiring and ...

Nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives are known as "advanced practice registered nurses" (APRNs). They're an essential category of medical professionals who work on the frontlines of patient care, especially in rural and underserved areas. But in many states, APRNs' ability to provide care is limited by collaborative practice agreements. ...