Update on our legislation

Our bill is scheduled to be heard on Feb 18th!!!!
The Indiana Midwifery Taskforce was founded December 21,1993 with the sole purpose of legalizing midwives in Indiana, and for the past 13 years we have been working on a midwifery licensure bill.  After all of those years, and an incalculable amount of work, we have been told that our bill will be [...]

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Hoosier Push for Midwives begins (again)

It’s that time again!

We are gearing up for our legislative session! We will be filing a licensure bill again this year, and we will not be successful without your help.  We will be contacting you all in the next few weeks and we will be asking you to make phone calls, write letters, and speak [...]

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Midwife On A Mission

Beating the Odds
An 81 year-old grandmother runs one of the most successful birthing clinics in the nation in the city with the worst infant mortality rate.  Wyatt Andrews reports.
I particularly loved this:
“Do you think it boils down to just the time you spend with them,” Andrews asked Lubic.
“I think so,” she replied. “I’m convinced that’s [...]

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Expanding the Birthing Rights Conversation through Legal Scholarship

This definitely seems worthy of passing along!  Please do forward this information for the benefit of birthing mothers everywhere.
I am pleased to present the first-ever NAPW law student writing contests to expand the birthing rights conversation. Attached, you will find a more detailed description of the contests and how you or your organization can become [...]

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