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Tag: midwives
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June 23, 2008 Douglas H. Kirkpatrick, MD The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists PO Box 96920 Washington, DC 20090-2188 Dear Sir: I am a practicing OB/ GYN in southern California and Fellow of ACOG and recently was informed by midwife colleagues of your recommendation and encouragement for the AMA to lobby Congress for a law banning out of hospital birth. It is disturbing to me that I had to hear of this decision from outside sour... Read More
The Missouri Supreme Court handed down a victory for Missouri Certified Professional Midwives. A lower court had ruled against a law slipped into a bill on insurance last year. The law simply stated, "376.1753. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who holds current ministerial or tocological certification by an organization accredited by the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) may provide services as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396 r-6(b)(4)(E)(ii)(I)." Don... Read More
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