PushforMidwives @PushforMidwives
National campaign to educate about, regulate, and integrate CPMs in all 50 States, D.C, Puerto Rico, Guam & Virgin Islands. https://t.co/o9OawVPESR pushformidwives.org Washington, DC Joined January 2010-
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Kudos @aafp Student Congress for passing resolution on advocating for licensing for direct-entry #midwives to increase access to quality #MaternalHealth providers for families who choose out-of-hospital births aafp.org/news/education… @SarahCo66857803 @PushforMidwives
1/🥳 A rare bright spot for #MaternalHealth in #Iowa. Today @KimReynoldsIA signed HF 265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives making #Iowa state #38 (+ DC). #ialegis @IAGovernor Press release: governor.iowa.gov/press-release/… @PushforMidwives
Read a press release on #Iowa becoming the 38th state to regulate Certified Professional #Midwives: tinyurl.com/yc4ptm3b Thank you to everyone that has provided support in getting this bill finally passed! #ialegis #MaternalHealth @PushforMidwives
“This bill has been decades in the making thanks to a diverse coalition of individuals past & present. Once this bill is signed by the governor more Iowa families will have access to midwifery model of care which is associated w/improved maternal health outcomes” @MeganDaySuhr
Thanks @BusinessRecord for highlighting the passage of HF 265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa: businessrecord.activehosted.com/index.php?acti… #ialegis
1/Kudos to @MeganDaySuhr & @shiphrahbirth for their tireless efforts for many years to get this bill passed & the longstanding support from @marymascher @Rep_BobbyK & many other #ialegis legislators. @PushforMidwives
1/Kudos to @MeganDaySuhr & @shiphrahbirth for their tireless efforts for many years to get this bill passed & the longstanding support from @marymascher @Rep_BobbyK & many other #ialegis legislators. @PushforMidwives
📢 HF 265 (as amended from Senate) to license Certified Professional #Midwives has passed the #Iowa House 91-2. The bill now goes @IAGovernor for signing!!! History is made. #Iowa will be #38 !!! Congrats to all the midwives & advocates past & present @PushforMidwives
1/Email your #ialegis Senator now to ask them to vote yes to HF265 to license #midwives in #Iowa when it comes to the Senate floor this week: legis.iowa.gov/legislators/fi…. This is a bipartisan bill, improves #MaternalHealth & will make Iowa #38! @PushforMidwives
📢Massachusetts ACTION ALERT: Time to get loud ASAP on key budget amendments being considered in the #mapoli House this week. Take action now at baystatebirth.org/act for access to midwifery statewide & $500K for @BirthCenterBOS filed by @TeamBrandy617 & @RepKayKhan!
1/ Contact all #Iowa Senators & ask them to vote yes to HF 265 without amendment to license Certified Professional #Midwives. This passed the House 91-2 & two full Senate committees. This is the farthest this bill has ever gone. Help us make Iowa #38! #ialegis @PushforMidwives
The coronavirus exacerbated the effects of medical racism already baked into the U.S. healthcare system, leading to a spike in Black maternal mortality rates between 2020 and 2021, new data from the @CDCgov reveals. via @MsMagazine bit.ly/3JXGLmM
"...exhausted by what she described as inadequate care [in the hospital] that forced [her] to relentlessly protect her and her baby’s wellbeing." phenomenal coverage of the need for access to out-of-hospital midwifery in Massachusetts @AlisonKuznitz in @masslivenews #mapoli 🧵
#actionalert Support Midwifery Education & Funding for Birth Centers! AABC, ACNM & NACPM partner to request funding for midwifery education & birth center start-ups. Call your 2 Senators by April 6th to support Maternal Health funding. #birthcenters buff.ly/40YJTFP
UPDATE/HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa passed the Senate Ways & Means subcommittee AND the full committee today. Stay tuned for further info/action steps! #ialegis #MaternalHealth
UPDATE/HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa passed the Senate Ways & Means subcommittee AND the full committee today. Stay tuned for further info/action steps! #ialegis #MaternalHealth
Think prosecuting the practice of midwifery is a thing of the past? Think again. This Iowa midwife speaks out. It’s time for IA (+ MA + 11 other holdout states) to finally license Certified Professional Midwives & embrace evidence-based care, not prosecute them! #LegalizeMidwive
Think prosecuting the practice of midwifery is a thing of the past? Think again. This Iowa midwife speaks out. It’s time for IA (+ MA + 11 other holdout states) to finally license Certified Professional Midwives & embrace evidence-based care, not prosecute them! #LegalizeMidwive
5/END Watch video of Melanie, Certified Professional Midwife practicing in #Iowa 30 yrs who has been prosecuted by state for no reason other than providing quality #MaternalHealth care in rural Cedar County where there is no hospital: youtu.be/Ldn0126tBhc #ialegis #midwives
Come on Iowa! #ialegis #Pushformidwives
Come on Iowa! #ialegis #Pushformidwives
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1/🥳 A rare bright spot for #MaternalHealth in #Iowa. Today @KimReynoldsIA signed HF 265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives making #Iowa state #38 (+ DC). #ialegis @IAGovernor Press release: governor.iowa.gov/press-release/… @PushforMidwives
Read a press release on #Iowa becoming the 38th state to regulate Certified Professional #Midwives: tinyurl.com/yc4ptm3b Thank you to everyone that has provided support in getting this bill finally passed! #ialegis #MaternalHealth @PushforMidwives
@rachelbruns @PushforMidwives This is wonderful! I know you did a lot of hard work around this issue and I'm so glad your efforts came to fruition. Congrats.
“This bill has been decades in the making thanks to a diverse coalition of individuals past & present. Once this bill is signed by the governor more Iowa families will have access to midwifery model of care which is associated w/improved maternal health outcomes” @MeganDaySuhr
Thanks @BusinessRecord for highlighting the passage of HF 265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa: businessrecord.activehosted.com/index.php?acti… #ialegis
🥳HF 265 as amended passed the #ialegis Senate 45-2 to license #Iowa Certified Professional #Midwives! We now wait for the House to accept the amended bill: legis.iowa.gov/legislation/Bi… Huge thanks to Senators voted yes w/special thanks to floor manager Sen. Webster. @PushforMidwives
@MeganDaySuhr @PushforMidwives Thanks @MeganDaySuhr - here is the correct screenshot for the Senate passage of HF265 as amended w/46-2. #ialegis
1/Kudos to @MeganDaySuhr & @shiphrahbirth for their tireless efforts for many years to get this bill passed & the longstanding support from @marymascher @Rep_BobbyK & many other #ialegis legislators. @PushforMidwives
📢 HF 265 (as amended from Senate) to license Certified Professional #Midwives has passed the #Iowa House 91-2. The bill now goes @IAGovernor for signing!!! History is made. #Iowa will be #38 !!! Congrats to all the midwives & advocates past & present @PushforMidwives
📢 HF 265 (as amended from Senate) to license Certified Professional #Midwives has passed the #Iowa House 91-2. The bill now goes @IAGovernor for signing!!! History is made. #Iowa will be #38 !!! Congrats to all the midwives & advocates past & present @PushforMidwives
1/Email your #ialegis Senator now to ask them to vote yes to HF265 to license #midwives in #Iowa when it comes to the Senate floor this week: legis.iowa.gov/legislators/fi…. This is a bipartisan bill, improves #MaternalHealth & will make Iowa #38! @PushforMidwives
📢Massachusetts ACTION ALERT: Time to get loud ASAP on key budget amendments being considered in the #mapoli House this week. Take action now at baystatebirth.org/act for access to midwifery statewide & $500K for @BirthCenterBOS filed by @TeamBrandy617 & @RepKayKhan!
1/ Contact all #Iowa Senators & ask them to vote yes to HF 265 without amendment to license Certified Professional #Midwives. This passed the House 91-2 & two full Senate committees. This is the farthest this bill has ever gone. Help us make Iowa #38! #ialegis @PushforMidwives
The coronavirus exacerbated the effects of medical racism already baked into the U.S. healthcare system, leading to a spike in Black maternal mortality rates between 2020 and 2021, new data from the @CDCgov reveals. via @MsMagazine bit.ly/3JXGLmM
"...exhausted by what she described as inadequate care [in the hospital] that forced [her] to relentlessly protect her and her baby’s wellbeing." phenomenal coverage of the need for access to out-of-hospital midwifery in Massachusetts @AlisonKuznitz in @masslivenews #mapoli 🧵
#actionalert Support Midwifery Education & Funding for Birth Centers! AABC, ACNM & NACPM partner to request funding for midwifery education & birth center start-ups. Call your 2 Senators by April 6th to support Maternal Health funding. #birthcenters buff.ly/40YJTFP
UPDATE/HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa passed the Senate Ways & Means subcommittee AND the full committee today. Stay tuned for further info/action steps! #ialegis #MaternalHealth
Iowa is getting very close to becoming the 38th state to recognize and integrate Certified Professional Midwives. #ialegis
Think prosecuting the practice of midwifery is a thing of the past? Think again. This Iowa midwife speaks out. It’s time for IA (+ MA + 11 other holdout states) to finally license Certified Professional Midwives & embrace evidence-based care, not prosecute them! #LegalizeMidwive
5/END Watch video of Melanie, Certified Professional Midwife practicing in #Iowa 30 yrs who has been prosecuted by state for no reason other than providing quality #MaternalHealth care in rural Cedar County where there is no hospital: youtu.be/Ldn0126tBhc #ialegis #midwives
5/END Watch video of Melanie, Certified Professional Midwife practicing in #Iowa 30 yrs who has been prosecuted by state for no reason other than providing quality #MaternalHealth care in rural Cedar County where there is no hospital: youtu.be/Ldn0126tBhc #ialegis #midwives
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