Advocate for legalizing homebirth CPMs

Hello Iowans! We need to add our voices to those asking Iowa legislators to legally recognize the credentials of certified professional midwives, or CMPs for short. CMPs practice in homebirth settings and can currently be prosecuted for attending laboring mothers who want to have a home birth. We need to legally recognize the credentials of the CMPs to expand the birthplace choices for Iowa familes. It shouldn't be up to the government where we can have our children.


Friends of Iowa Midwives is planning to introduce a bill to licence CPMs in Iowa in the 2009 legislative session, beginning January 12. We need to write our senators or representatives and let them hear our voice. Our opinions matter and they will listen if enough of us make a stand on our beliefs. To find out who your local representatives are, visit this page for the Iowa State Legislature and enter your address:http://www.legis.state.ia.us/FindLeg/

For more information on this issue, you can visit the Friends of Iowa Midwives website:http://www.friendsofiowamidwives.org/ . If you visit the friends of Iowa Midwives site and let them know you wrote a letter you also get a bumper sticker! Whoo-hoo! So please, write a letter and let your representative hear your voice!

AMA wants to BAN homebirth?

I have to type quickly but wanted to post a link from CrunchyDomesticGoddess so people could see that the AMA is attempting to BAN homebirths.. I just don't get it. I did not have a homebirth but i'm not sure why the AMA would have an issue with them unless they are concerned about losing money. Irritating.