More hospitals could be stripped of consultant-led maternity units under controversial new plans, according to the Yorkshire Post.
Instead more women will give birth in midwife-led units, with complex cases dealt with in specialist centres.
The switch provoked an outcry in Huddersfield last year when specialist maternity services were switched to Halifax, while further opposition has followed plans to end births at Malton, Whitby and Bridlington hospitals, centralising services in Scarborough.
Ministers have been accused of hypocrisy for opposing such closure plans, which conflicts with government policy.
Dame Karlene Davies, general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, is quoted, saying: "Unfortunately, too many recent reconfigurations have led to midwifery care units being threatened with closure, thereby reducing the amount of choice women are able to exercise."
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