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ACTION ALERT UPDATE!!!

Submitted by ajbeck on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 16:51

The mandatory midwifery licensure law passed in the last legislative session goes into effect July 1, 2010, and is causing at least 22% of midwives to go under (mostly traditional midwives).

** Many Idaho families will lose access to a low-cost home birth with a traditional midwife.

** Many parts of Idaho, especially rural areas, will be left without any practicing midwives.

Representative Pete Nielsen is introducing legislation (RS165)

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B2Fw9nFC2efaZjQ1ZDIzZmMtZDEzNS00ZjA...

FORWARD PROGRESS/ACTION ALERT

Submitted by ajbeck on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 17:14

ACTION ALERT!!!!

A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE TRAVELED TO BOISE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR FIXING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MIDWIFE BILL. HERE IS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS AND HOW WE ALL NEED TO BE ACTIVE AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT.

The Idaho legislature passed a bill in 2009 that attacks the family's right to freedom in midwifery care and will have devastating consequences when it becomes law on July 1, 2010:

Families in Idaho will no longer have the right to choose who will deliver their baby at home; licensed midwives are the only legal option.

INTERPRETATION

Submitted by ajbeck on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 17:03

Interpretation....

As defined, the word interpretation means:
An explanation of the meaning of something, an object such as a work of art, a performance. Making ideas more understandable or expressing ones' own understanding of something.

Religious literature is a great example of where interpretation has led to many a heated discussion as well as full on battle over differing opinions derived from interpretation of the content of the text.

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE?

Submitted by ajbeck on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 23:15

Why should you care?

It may seem to some who read about this "midwifery stuff" that it has nothing to do with them. Well, in fact it has a lot to do with every single citizen of Idaho, and here are some reasons why you should care:

If you are a defender of individual rights:
You should care because the individual liberties of women and families has been infringed upon by the passing of this bill.

If you are a homebirth advocate:
You should care because the current bill will change the practice of Midwifery in Idaho forever.

If you are a mother or father:

BEFORE AND AFTER....

Submitted by ajbeck on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 20:54

THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAK DOWN OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER AFFECTS OF MIDWIFE LICENSURE IN IDAHO.

1.Before the signing of the Idaho Midwifery Statute.....MIDWIFERY WAS LEGAL.

1a.After the signing of the Idaho Midwifery Statute.....MIDWIFERY IS ILLEGAL.
(All midwives must have a license)

2.Before legislation was put in place.....MIDWIVES RELIED ON THEIR TRAINING AND INSTINCTS WITH GREAT SUCCESS IN ASSISTING CHILDBIRTH.

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