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Statement submitted by the Big Push for Midwives Campaign to policymakers attending the third Regional White House Forum on Health Reform in Iowa on March 23, 2009. (Large font as written to be read at the mic. Just send us an email if you need a print-friendly version.)

There is a national uprising underway, and mothers and families are taking their case straight to their national policymakers. They are clear in their message: Federal health reform MUST include Certified Professional Midwives, or CPMs, who are specially trained in out-of-hospital birth and provide affordable, quality, community-based care. Advocates working for critical change to our country's maternity care system to create a safer, less-costly model are stepping up, in front of the lobbyists and special interests of Organized Medicine to share their truth directly to power. Read what they're saying ...
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