In August of 2019, New York midwives Karen Jefferson, Betsy Arnold-Leahy, and Susanrachel Condon graduated from the Doctorate in Midwifery program at the Midwifery Institute of Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the board as well as all the other midwives and midwifery students who have volunteered their time

Findings from this statewide workforce and maternity care consumer survey demonstrate midwifery services offer high value maternity care.  “The Midwifery Model provides care that is woman- and family-centered and relies

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office has released the proposed regulations for New York State’s Paid Family Leave Act, which he signed into law last year.  The public comment period runs through

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) have introduced the EACH Woman Act, with Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and 100 other

The study found that Medicaid would save approximately $1,163 per birth with birth center care. Read the full article here.

The ACNM recently launched BirthTOOLS (Tools for Optimizing the Outcomes of Labor Safely), a new collection of resources for supporting and promoting physiologic birth. Check it out!  

The series launched on Monday, June 23 and is available here.

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has released new guidelines for intrapartum care.  These new guidelines are very supportive of midwife-led care across many settings and encourage

NYSALM has endorsed the 2012 ACNM position statement on health care for trans and gender variant people.  You can read the statement here.