Protect Midwifery in Washington

By Tine Reese • January 16, 2010 • Filed in: Midwives

I received the following email from the Midwives Association of Washington today and thought Bloom readers would also like to support the organization’s efforts to protect midwifery care in our state. Please read the following letter and follow the instructions to write your state legislators. They need to hear from those of us who have benefited from the care of midwives first hand!

Midwives and consumers of midwifery care will be meeting with legislators to discuss this year’s legislative agenda. We will be meeting at United Churches (directions follow) for a briefing session at 8:30 am. For more information, contact Audrey Levine, MAWS President, at (360) 709-0888 or send Audrey an email at president@http://www.facebook.com/l/8c827;washingtonmidwives.org. Please join us!

Directions to United Churches: Take I-5 to exit 105A in Olympia. Go straight at the stoplight on Jefferson (under the overpass) and turn right onto Capitol Way. Go several blocks and turn right onto 11th Avenue. United Churches is at 110 Eleventh Avenue SE. Parking is available behind the church or at meters on the street. Please do not park in the numbered spaces in the lot or your car will be towed.

If you’re not able to come on the 21st, please review MAWS’ public policy agenda at http://www.facebook.com/l/8c827;washingtonmidwives.org/2010-legislative.shtml and then call or send an e-mail to your legislators asking them to:

Preserve the Midwifery Advisory Committee
Support HB 2435 which will give licensed midwives electronic access to the UW Health Sciences Library through HEAL-WA for a $25 annual fee
Maintain the budget proviso that caps the midwifery licensing fee for the 2009 – 2011 biennium
Support Senator Karen Fraser’s anti-shackling legislation

To find out who your legislators are and obtain their contact information, go to: Washington State Legislature Web Site - Find Your Legislator at http://www.facebook.com/l/8c827;apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx and fill in address to find your “legislative” district and legislators (the “congressional” radio button is for national). This new feature brings up your district along with links to all your senators and representatives. All you have to do is click each link for their contact information!

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! - And again, please share with others!

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