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Coalition for Illinois Midwifery

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About Me

The Coalition for Illinois Midwifery seeks to ensure the availability of safe, licensed direct-entry midwifery services for families who chose to give birth at home in the state of Illinois.

See:
HomeBirthisHealthy.org
BirthEvents
Coalition for Illinois Midwifery
Urge your Illinois State Representative to support SB385 and safe out-of-hospital births!

Legalize and license homebirth midwives in Illinois!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tndm3X7G9tI

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Jennifer Block in Chicago

My Blog

Do your State Representative and Sentor know about this?

New Support for Licensing Certified Professional Midwives (Make Sure to Read all Three!)  1)  Consumer Reports exposes myths of the US modern system of maternity.  care"Back to Basics is Better for Ch...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:06:00 GMT

Orgasmic Birth Screning Luthern General Hosp. Sun Nov 9

.. -->~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> The NorthEastern Doula Association is hosting two screenings of the new documentary, Orgsmic Birth. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Coalition for Illin...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:58:00 GMT

Liberty and Justice for Missouri Midwives

News from Missouri Midwife Supporters CONTACT:  Mary Ueland (417) 543-4258, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Missouri Women and Families...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:54:00 GMT

News fromThe Big Push for Midwives Campaign Re: AMA and Home Birth Ban

PushNews from The Big Push for Midwives Campaign CONTACT: Steff Hedenkamp, (816) 506-4630, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 20, 2008 Amidst Uproar, Physician Group Votes N...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:40:00 GMT

HB6653 & SB385: The two Midwifery Bills

Why are there two Illinois midwifery bills? (HB6653 & SB385)   The House Bill (HB  6653) was recently introduced to make it simpler access to the latest wording after substantial amendme...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:22:00 GMT

Advances in Springfield

This was an exiting week!  The Home Birth Safety Act aquired the support of the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing and the Illinois Public Health Association. The Bill will be worked ...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 19:41:00 GMT

Two New Sponsors!

Today the Deputy Majority Leader, Art Turner (D-Chicago) and Joseph Lyons (D-Chicago), Assistant Majority Leader, were added to the ever-growing list of sponsors of SB 385, the Home Birth Safety Act!...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 19:32:00 GMT

Jennifer Block in Chicago

The Coalition for Illinois Midwifery presents Author Jennifer BlockPushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care Talk and Discussion June 8th, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Women &am...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:38:00 GMT

The Illinois Home Birth Maternity Care Crisis

Every year, approximately 800 Illinois families choose homebirth for religious, philosophical or cultural reasons. Because of these compelling reasons, these families are unlikely to choose hospital ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:27:00 GMT

Are Written Practice Agreements a Barrier to Care?

Due to practical concerns, the national trend in midwifery licensure is NOT to require written collaborative agreements. Legislating written agreements or physician supervision for home birth midwives...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:25:00 GMT