The new Midwifery Law is resulting in unintended consequences: eliminating choices from the marketplace and driving up costs for families who are already suffering from too much government meddling with the free market.
State Representative Pete Nielsen is introducing an amendment to the Midwifery Law that would allow:
- Licensed midwives to have access to the drugs they want.
- Unlicensed midwives to practice as they always have - without drugs and without government regulations.
- Consumers the freedom to hire anyone they deem qualified to help in their home birth, without the person they've hired being afraid of being arrested.
A large number of emails have been sent to House Health & Welfare Committee Members who will decide if the amendment becomes a bill. Keep the emails going to the House Health and Welfare Committee Members; be sure to include your name and address or they will not even be considered.
Rep. Nielsen is working on the wording of the amendment, which has proven a little more difficult than he originally thought. He is meeting with a midwife today to look it over and get the wording just right. His goal is to have the amendment completed by tomorrow evening.
TAKE ACTION:
It's vital that we maintain the full-court press that we've started. The next step is to contact your own legislators. Be sure to INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, so they know you are their constituent:
- Let them know you'd like them to support the voluntary amendment.
- Ask them to rally fellow legislators to support Representative Pete Nielsen's voluntary licensure amendment to the Midwifery Law.
Who Are My Legislators?
How to Contact My Legislators?
A Midwifery Report is available for more information; an easier-to-read version opens when you click print.
For freedom,
Mirelle Stevens, consumer of midwifery
mirellestevens@yahoo.com
(208) 478-8683
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