The United States can no longer afford a system that produces inferior results at premium costs. The nation needs safe and less-costly maternity care now. There is much to be done, and a formidable, entrenched, and well-financed opponent standing in the way of progress. Welcome to you and the many more hands that will make light work of the labor ahead!
Advocates from the Big Push’s participating “PushStates” are pooling their collective resources and experience to coordinate and optimize advocacy efforts.
The Big Push for Midwives Campaign is building winning, state-level advocacy campaigns towards successful regulation and licensure of Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Those who Push for Midwives are envisioning a new model of U.S. maternity care built on expanding access to out-of-hospital maternity care and CPMs, who provide affordable, quality, community-based care that is proven to reduce costly and preventable interventions as well as the rate of low-birth weight and premature births.

