Georgia Midwifery Access Initiative
An aggressive initiative aimed at providing the solution to Georgia’s poor perinatal health outcomes that hasn’t been explored: MIDWIVES!
Who:
Georgia Midwifery Access Coalition is a state-wide collaboration of CPMs, CNMs, Traditional Midwives, reproductive justice organizations, legal organizations, advocates, and parents. Want to join us? Email nacpmga@gmail.com and introduce your org to us.
What:
Projects to amplify midwifery:
Public Awareness Campaign
Data Collection on community birth
Mobile Midwifery Clinic
Advocacy Day at the Georgia State Capitol
Can you help us with these projects? Email nacpmga@gmail.com to lend a hand!
Why
Midwives are experts in normal, physiological birth. Currently, the state of Georgia utilizes high-risk physicians as the frontline provider. Midwifery-led care has proven to reduce cesarean rates and low birth weight rates, with improved experience of care. We are initiating data collection on community birth to demonstrate our excellent outcomes, which have never been officially reported. This data drives state decisions on funding and implementation. Without the data, we cannot increase access to community-based midwifery care.
Georgia has prioritized everything BUT midwives as the state has failed to address our worsening maternal and newborn health. Advocacy Day at the Capitol is the time to make sure that state legislators understand who midwives are, and what they can do. Additionally, many people in this state don’t even know what their options are. We are initiating a public awareness campaign to make “midwife” a household word!
Midwives in Georgia struggle to practice under oppressive physician supervision requirements and bans on direct-entry midwifery. To increase access to midwifery-led care, direct-entry midwife need legal recognition, and nurse midwives need restrictive regulations lifted. Additionally, birth centers are not able to sustainably function because of outdated regulations and lack of insurance parity. Legislative reform is needed to address these issues.
We cannot do this work without financial support. Please donate TODAY!
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