Truth & Not Truth on Kentucky’s SB85 to License Midwives
Inaccurate information from the Kentucky Medical Association about SB85 (a bill to license Certified Professional Midwives) vs. the truth from the coalition of Kentucky families
Iowa Birth Monopoly: Hospitals Block Birth Center
A chokehold on the market by hospital-based facilities means that the majority of the population has access to only one type of care: a high-intervention, institutional model.
Kentucky Birth Monopoly: Begging for Birth Centers
“While there may be some overlap in the services provided, … it is a stretch to claim that traditional hospitals providing only hospital-based birthing environments offer services similar to an [alternative birth center].” – Judge J. Phillip Shepherd
Why Are We Asking Doctors if Women Should Have Midwives?
What the general public and the media don’t understand, when they are asking doctors about midwives, is that doctors are the reason American women don’t have midwives.
Arizona Birth Monopoly: Mandatory Surgery or Forced Vaginal Exams
New York Times’ “Refusals”: The Rest of the Story
It was great to see this story in such a prestigious paper, but disappointing that the magnitude of the problem wasn’t mentioned.
