Illinois House OKs bill to license professional midwives

[TexasTowelie]

SPRINGFIELD — The certified professional midwife profession in Illinois moved one step closer to becoming an officially licensed occupation on Thursday with the passage of House Bill 3401.

HB 3401 creates the Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Practice Act, which would license individuals who perform out-of-hospital births and have earned the credentials associated with being a professional midwife.

The bill, sponsored by Evanston Democratic Rep. Robyn Gabel, garnered bipartisan support, with only one Republican and one Democrat voting against it.

Gabel said the Illinois State Medical Society, the Illinois Nurses Association, American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association are among many medical groups that support the bill.

Read more: https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/illinois-house-oks-bill-to-license-professional-midwives

[niyad]

1. Excellent news! Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights And Issues?

Thanks in advance.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome and it's done.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113812294

[murielm99]

3. About time.