Sign a petition to support all midwives

With the legislative season coming in the United States defining who should be recognized as a midwife is also heating up. Have a read and please sign the petition to support all midwives as care providers. Women need a range of birth options and midwives!

Dear Friends-

A recently revised Position Statement from the American College of Nurse
Midwives (ACNM) seeks to limit recognition of midwifery providers to those who
have received their training through government accredited programs. The North
American Registry of Midwives (NARM) oversees the credentialing of midwives who
have received their training through time honored and evidenced based systems
that emphasize clinical competency over all other criteria (Certified
Professional Midwives-CPMs).

NARM has posted an online petition in an effort to organize our voices and
convince the ACNM to reconsider its position on apprentice trained midwives.
This letter seeks to unite US Midwifery under the common goal of providing women
with access to the provider and setting of their choice for birth.

There are many great opportunities mounting to move midwifery forward on both
the state and national level. We must stand together as a community of midwives
if we are going to have a real voice for change in maternity care. Whether you
are a CPM, CNM, a midwifery consumer, advocate, or none of the above, please go
to :
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/support-evidenced-based-midwifery-education to
read more details about this issue and sign the petition to make your voice
heard.

Respectfully,

The NARM Board of Directors