AltWeeklies Wire
Hispanics Delivered by Border Midwives Are Having Trouble Getting U.S. Passportsnew
David Hernandez just wants his passport, but the State Department won't give it to him. There is a history of midwife deception along the border, so the U.S. government has to be sure applicants are not using fraudulently filed birth certificates. Thus far, Hernandez has not convinced them that his is the real McCoy.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-23-2008 |
Sex
Alberta Finally Funds Midwiferynew
More than a decade after midwives in Alberta started lobbying to be fully funded under the public health-care system, the provincial government has granted their request.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Maureen McNamee |
10-23-2008 |
Science
Midwived Texans Cast into Citizenship 'Black Hole'new
A trio of recently filed federal lawsuits allege that the State Department is blacklisting kids born the ol'-fashioned way.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-17-2008 |
Children & Families
One Missouri Midwife, Now That Her Trade is Legal, Decides to Advertisenew
Dana Albillo is doing something no one in St. Louis' underground home-birth network ever dared -- she's advertising. Soon after the Missouri Supreme Court ended the state's 48-year prohibition on non-medical professionals helping to deliver babies, Albillo bought an ad in AT&T's Yellow Pages for her fledgling business, Common Ground Midwifery Services.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
08-01-2008 |
Sex
I Want My Midwife!new
The list of Orange Count hospitals that allow midwife-assisted births just got shorter -- but moms-to-be and midwives aren't taking it lying down.
Midwives Fight for Home Births and Autonomynew
North Carolina's high rate of combined fetal and neonatal mortality rank it in the bottom sixth of the nation. The state is also one of only 11 in the country where the practice of midwifery outside the supervision of physicians is illegal. Some don't think that's a coincidence.
INDY Week |
Suzanne Nelson |
05-29-2008 |
Children & Families
Born in the Living Room -- and Under the Radarnew
To many families, giving birth at home feels safer and more comfortable than the hospital. But to do that in parts of New York state, women need to look underground for a midwife.
