Investigations of maternity deserts may continue into 2025

CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s legislative and executive branches are investigating the growing issue of maternity health care deserts, and conversation on Friday indicated the situation may require another year of study.

Five Wyoming counties — Crook, Weston, Niobrara, Big Horn and Sublette — have been classified as maternity deserts by the March of Dimes, said Franz Fuchs, senior policy analyst for the Wyoming Department of Health, during the Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee meeting in April.

He added that seven more Wyoming counties — Carbon, Platte, Goshen, Johnson, Wa...