Closing Brattleboro’s birthing center will cost Vermont more than it saves

This commentary is by Corina Tennant, the chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and a partner at Four Seasons OB-GYN & Midwifery.When I became an OB-GYN, I was told, “Great choice — you’ll never go out of business delivering babies.” I now find myself fighting to make sure that’s still true.I was born at home in Newfane. My parents relied on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital as their backup. Forty years later, I am the local OB-GYN wor