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Legalize Certified Professional Midwives in the State of Indiana

Midwifery care would lower state health care costs. Certified Professional Midwives provide safe care at a fraction of the cost of hospital-based care. At a time of skyrocketing health care costs, Indiana should embrace midwives as a way to cut costs without cutting corners

Indiana Midwifery Taskforce  http://www.indianamidwiferytaskforce.org/index.html

"Midwifery belongs to the people. It is a fundamental human right for a woman to choose the manner in which she will give birth." 
Ina May Gaskin, Midwife

Learn more at:  Citizens for Midwifery http://cfmidwifery.org 

 

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Users who voted on this idea:

  • anna lisa gross
  • armahillo
  • Mark Stosberg
  • threethirty
  • iowa_connection
  • Michelle C
  • tony454