Family Health And Birth Center
Health Club in Washington, DC
In 1994, Ruth Watson Lubic, an experienced nurse-midwife and health care reform advocate, started an exploration of working with existing community agencies in the District of Columbia to establish a freestanding birth center in a low-income area with high rates of infant and maternal mortality. Dr. Lubic, recipient of a MacArthur Genius grant, donated her award monies to the project and worked tirelessly to acquire other sources of initial support.