(Gresham, OR) -- The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is urging Legacy Health to reconsider plans to close the Family Birth Center at Mt. Hood Medical Center. They say the Birth Center provides women's healthcare, prenatal care, and delivery and postpartum care in East Multnomah County and the closure would leave pregnant women without nearby access to a safe location to give birth. Legacy Health says losses from the pandemic, high operational costs, and other factors are forcing them to close the center on March 17th.