Legalize Midwives Alabama!

Alabama will forever have a special place in my heart. It was assigned this place due to situations that do not have anything to do with midwifery. However, now midwifery also has a special place in my heart, and it breaks my heart that Alabama and midwifery do not go hand in hand right now.

This video is so well made, and was produced by students at UAB. I encourage everyone to watch it, and to spread it around and pass it on to everyone that they know.




Unfortunately there just *aren't* enough midwives in the state of Alabama to cause enough of an uproar to change the laws in Alabama. We need your help. We need the help of your friends, and your neighbors. We need the help of your brothers and sisters, your parents and grandparents. We need as many voices as we can muster in order to successfully PUSH the change that we need.

And we've been shown that our voices can make a difference. They *have* made a difference. Look at Mississippi and HB 695 it was the voices of the families in Mississippi that stopped the wretched bill from passing! Look at Wyoming who recently passed their midwifery licensing legislation and became the 27th state to legalize midwifery. If they can do it, so can Alabama!

Midwives are needed in Alabama!! This story shows how risky having to drive to Tennessee or Florida in order to see a midwife can be for families! If you live in Alabama join the birth advocates and let your voice be heard in support of midwifery!!