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---> On April 24-26, 2009 GFOM will have a booth at the ICAN Conference.  Please stop by if you are attending the conference. Click here for more information.

Current Issues — Department of Health and the Midwifery Task Force (MTF)
The Midwifery Task Force (MTF) met in November and December.  Recommendations of the MTF were that the Department of Public Health put together a pilot project using Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs).  We are hoping to see this process start later this year.

Previous Legislative Issues —
HR1341 passed unanimously on March 23, 2006.  The Study Committee held five public meetings the end of 2007.  The committee was charged with researching the need for direct-entry midwifery licensure and is in the process of making final recommendations.

Study Committee Dates:
Monday, November 27, 2006
Monday, December 4, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Four of the five meetings were webcasted and can be viewed online.  The files are extremely large so please note they take quite a while to download.

Twenty-four states now have provisions for licensing direct entry midwives, with more being added each year.  We are hoping to add Georgia to that list in the near future.

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Homebirth Day at the Capitol was a great success!  Thanks to all who came out to show support and watch the resolution pass without opposition!  ***  Thanks to Carolyn Drake we now have pictures to remember this great event.  You can see the pictures by clicking here.

Don't know who your legislators are?  Don't feel bad! You aren't the only one.  Here is an easy way to find out.  Just follow the link, put in your zip code and voila!  Tell me who my legislators are :-) Write their names down so you can talk with them when you are at the Capitol.

For more information about writing letters and/or testimony, please visit Citizens for Midwifery (CfM) and check out the "Anyone Can Write to their Legislator" section.  NARM has also made their Legislative Handbook available on the web.  You can download the manual from their webpage.

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