A NY hospital tried to close its birthing center. This city united to fight back

Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, took on a national Catholic health system and kept the county's last birthing center open.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2048x1365+0+0/resize/2048x1365!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F27%2Fadca779b4fb0a9123b34e9abf4c7%2Fsaved-group-shot.jpg' alt='State Assembly member John T. McDonald III (center), a Democrat, worked to secure $5 million in state funding to help keep the Burdett Birth Center open in Troy, New York.'/><p>Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, took on a national Catholic health system and kept the county's last birthing center open.</p><p>(Image credit: Katherine Bruno)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5945612' />