The PushMap shows where CPMs are authorized to practice.
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And where they are not.
The PushMap above shows where CPMs are legally authorized to practice in 38 states (GREEN states). When the Big Push for Midwives Campaign was first conceived in November 2007, only 21 states allowed CPMs to be legally authorized to practice. There are 12 states and 3 territories to go.
Download a PDF of the PushMap here.
As of 2023:
- 37 States Regulate CPMs (Law Enacted / Rules in Some States)
- 1 State Legalized CPMs by Statute (Law Enacted)
- Also, CPMs are now regulated in the District of Columbia (Law Enacted)
- CPMs are not legally authorized to practice in 12 states and 3 territories (GOLD areas). In these jurisdictions, CPMs are at risk of criminal prosecution for practicing medicine or nursing without a license, which drives the practice of midwifery underground and creates barriers to access for women seeking maternity care.
The PushChart shows the state-by-state regulation picture of where CPMs can legally practice.
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And where they cannot.
The PushChart above shows the state-by-state regulation picture of where CPMs can legally practice and where they cannot. The first column shows the states in alphabetical order. The third column shows the states in the order they legally authorized CPMs to practice.
Download a PDF of the PushChart here.
Time Marches On:
It took 90 years for women to gain the right to vote.
We are at 50 years and counting to provide legal access to Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. We need your help to push for increased access to birth options!
The PushStates are where the work is, where your hands and feet are most needed right now.
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And where you can help.
See the PushStates below that are in action. Contact these folks on the ground today, wherever it means the most to you, and help increase access (or maintain access) to CPMs for families. Many hands (feet!) make light work.
Please join your state group(s) today and increase access to CPMs!
- Alabama Midwives Alliance www.alabamamidwivesalliance.org
- Alaska Birth Network
alaskabirthnetwork.org/contact - Alaska Contact: Cheryl Corrick
–> cherylcorrick at yahoo dot com - Arizona Association of Midwives
www.azassocmidwives.com/ - Arkansas Association of Midwives Contact: Ida Darragh, LDEM, CPM–> IVD at aol dot com
- California Association of Licensed Midwives
calmidwives.org
–> info at calmidwives.org - California Association of Midwives
www.californiamidwives.org/ - California Families for Access to Midwives
www.cafamiliesformidwives.org/ - Chesapeake Midwifery Guild
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ChesapeakeMidwiferyGuild/info - Colorado Midwives Association
www.coloradomidwives.org/
Contact: Jan Lapetina, CPM, RM
–> jlmidwife at gmail dot com - Colorado: Delivering Natural Care for Families (a project of the Elephant Circle)
www.facebook.com/groups/171404302883968/
Contact: Indra Lusero, Legal Director
–> lusero dot indra at gmail dot com - District of Columbia
www.birthoptionsalliance.org - Georgia Birth Network YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gabirthnetwork - Georgia Friends of Midwives
www.gamidwifery.org - Georgia Midwifery Association
www.gamidwifery.org/ - NACPM Georgia
www.georgiacpm.org - Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies – Coalition of Hawai‘i
www.hmhb-hawaii.org - Idaho Midwifery Council Website
www.idahomidwives.org - Idahoans for Midwives YahooGroup
groups.yahoo.com/group/Idahoans_For_Midwifery - Coalition for Illinois Midwifery
www.illinoismidwifery.org - Illinois Council of Certified Professional Midwives Families
www.illinoismidwives.org - Illinois Friends of Midwives
www.facebook.com/IllinoisFriendsofMidwives - Indiana Contact: Jennifer Williams
–> birthroot1 at yahoo dot com - Indiana Midwifery Task Force Website
www.indianamidwiferytaskforce.org - Indiana Midwifery YahooGroup
–> trilliumbirthing at yahoogroups dot com - Indiana Midwives Association
www.indianamidwivesassoc.com/ - Iowa Friends of Midwives
www.facebook.com/friendsofiowamidwives/ - Iowa Friends of Midwives YahooGroup
groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofiowamidwives - Iowa Midwives Association
www.iowamidwivesassociation.org/ - Kansas Midwives Alliance
www.kansasmidwives.com - Kentucky Birth Coalition
kentuckyhomebirthcoalition.com
–> info at kentuckybirth dot org
- Louisiana: WeWillChangeLA
health.dir.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wewillchangela/conversations/topics/28?l=1 - Maine Association of Certified Professional Midwives
mainecpms.org/ - Maryland Contact: Maryland Families for Safe Birth
–> mdwvsmd at yahoo dot com - Maryland Families for Safe Birth
marylandfamiliesforsafebirth.org/ - Maryland Friends of Midwives
marylandmidwives.com/ - Massachusetts: Bay State Birth Coalition
https://baystatebirth.org - Massachusetts Chapter of the NACPM
machapternacpm.com - Friends of Michigan Midwives
friendsofmichiganmidwives.wordpress.com - Michigan Midwives Association
michiganmidwives.org - Minnesota Contact: Jana Studelska
–> jana at birthduluth dot com - Mississippi Contact: Bianca Wooden
–> me at biancawooden dot com - Mississippi Friends of Midwives
–> info at msfriendsofmidwives dot com
www.msfriendsofmidwives.org - Missouri Contact: Rachel Williston
–> godsmidwife at gmail dot com - Missouri Midwives Association
www.missourimidwivesassociation.org/ - Nebraska Contact: Rachel Howell
–> nfom dot chair at gmail dot com - Nebraska Friends of Midwives on Facebook
www.facebook.com/nemidwives - Nebraska Friends of Midwives Website
NebraskaMidwives.org - Nevadans for Midwifery YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NfM_Nevadansformidwifery - New Hampshire Midwives Association
www.nhmidwives.org/ - New Jersey Maternity Care: “Worst to First 2010″
www.njmaternitycare.com/ - New Mexico Contact: Connie Koshewa
–> ckoshewa at comcast dot net - New Mexico Contact: Nicole Mallis
–> nicolemallis at gmail dot com - New Mexico Midwives Association
www.newmexicomidwifery.org
–> empoweredmidwife at gmail dot com - NY CPM, Inc. Contact: Melissa Carman
–> motherstobeandmore at yahoo dot com
www.facebook.com/NY-CPM-Inc-2287639754799425/ - New York Friends of CPMs
www.facebook.com/groups/1773550592729274/ - North Carolina Contact: Russ Fawcett
–> spigget at aol dot com - North Carolina Docs for Midwives Website
www.ncdocsformidwives.org - North Carolina Friends of Midwives Website
www.ncfom.org - North Carolina Friends of Midwives YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NCFOM/?yguid=9511721 - North Carolina Home Birth Website
www.nchomebirth.com/ - North Dakota Birth Action Chat YahooGroup
www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NDBirthActionChat/?yguid=9511721
- North Dakota Birth Action YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NDBirthAction/?yguid=9511721 - Ohio Contact: Pam Bell
–> womenswisdom at gmail dot com - Ohio Families for Safe Birth Website
www.safebirthohio.org - Ohio Families for Safe Birth YahooGroup
www.facebook.com/groups/23193637742 - Oklahoma: Heartland Midwives Association YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Heartlandmidwives - Oklahoma Midwives Alliance
www.oklahomamidwivesalliance.com/ - Pennsylvania Families for Safe Birth Website
www.pasafebirth.org - Pennsylvania Friends of Midwives YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pfom/?yguid=352643047 - Pennsylvania: Save Homebirth Website
www.savehomebirth.com - Pennsylvania: The Midwives Alliance of Pennsylvania
www.pamidwivesalliance.org - Puerto Rico Contact: Debbie Díaz-Ortiz
–> parteraspuertorico at gmail dot com
Puerto Rico: Hermandad de Parteras de Puerto Rico
(Midwives Sisterhood of Puerto Rico)
www.hppr.ws - Rhode Island Contact: Paige Eastman Dickinson
–> paigeeastman at comcast dot net - South Dakota Birth Matters
www.sdbirthmatters.org/ - Tennessee Midwives Association
tnmidwives.org/ - Texas Contact: Faith Beltz
–> faithbeltz at yahoo dot com - Texas Contact: Kelli Beaty
–> twomidwives at gmail dot com - Texas: Association of Texas Midwives
www.texasmidwives.com/ - Texas: Texans for Midwifery
–> brielle at moonstonebirth dot com - Vermont Midwives Alliance
www.facebook.com/pages/VERMONT-MIDWIVES-ALLIANCE/62211715821 - Vermont Midwives Association
www.vermontmidwivesassociation.org/ - Virginia: Birth Matters Virginia
birthmattersva.org/ - Virginia: Commonwealth Midwives Alliance
commonwealthmidwives.org/ - Washington: Midwives Association of Washington State
www.washingtonmidwives.org/ - West Virginia: Midwives’ Alliance of West Virginia (MAWV)
www.midwivesallianceofwv.com - Wisconsin Guild of Midwives
wisconsinguildofmidwives.org/ - Wyoming Alliance of Midwives YahooGroup
health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WYAM - Where’s My Midwife?
- The Website:
wheresmymidwife.com - The Crowdmap:
wheresmymidwife.ushahidi.io - The Podcast:
anchor.fm/wheresmymidwife
- The Website: