St Louis

Please take 1 minute of your time to sign this petition. If the links don't work- copy & paste them in your brower. PLEASE forward it by email to anyone you know living in MO & repost this bulletin. Thanks! Write me back & let me know if you sign it. And if you're willing to take an extra step next Sunday and meet some Senators in St. Louis, there's going to be a big meeeting that I can give you more info on. Thanks!
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A woman's right to give birth how and with whom she chooses is on the line. There is a bill pending right now in the Missouri House and Senate that will allow for Certified Professional Midwives to legally practice in the state, similar to the laws of 40 other states. (Senate Bill 303 and House Bill 503) Midwifery is truly the OLDEST profession for women.
Currently it is not legal to practice midwifery in Missouri due to others wanting to control how women give birth. In fact it is a felony for a midwife to deliver a baby at home even with the consent of the mother!

All of the well designed medical studies show homebirth with a professional midwife to be equally safe to hospital birth for healthy women. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) recommend increasing the role of midwives, as does the "Healthy People 2010" project in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Whether you chose to give birth at home or in the hospital does not matter. It only matters that you support the option to be available for women. Please sign the petition on the link below and let your legislators know that you want them to vote yes for legal professional midwifery in Missouri. It is urgent that you do this immediately as time is running out!

Click Here for the Petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/MOMW/petition.html

Here is a link to find out who your MO legislators are. Put their names down on the petition if you can.

http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx
You will need your full zip code to find them.

Here is the link to find out your full zip.
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Please forward to anyone you know living in Missouri.

Thank you!
For more information, check out:

www.friendsofmomidwives.org
www.missourimidwivesassociation.org
www.showmefreedompac.org