certified professional midwives

Doctors v. Midwives: A Gross Double Standard?

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by Amy Romano, Lamaze International

April 6, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Doctors in North Carolina performed a cesarean section on a woman who was not pregnant. The disciplinary action? A public "letter of concern." A midwife would have had her license revoked. What's wrong with this picture?

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Say Goodbye to Home Birth? A New Bill Pushes Too Far

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by Amie Newman

March 3, 2009 - 5:25pm (Print)

A bill in the Washington state Senate seeks to shut down the only association providing liability insurance to professional midwives, putting midwives in this state out of business and denying women one more option for safe childbirth.
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