NYM Statement on Abortion Access & Care
The NYM Board approved this statement in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling. To read the full article, click here.
The NYM Board approved this statement in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling. To read the full article, click here.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams today took steps to reduce maternal and infant health inequities in New York City. See the attached article for details.
Governor Hochul’s State of the State Proposals to Improve Maternal Health Include Increasing Reimbursement Rates to Midwives under Medicaid. Click here to see a fuller explanation of the governor’s three proposals
A recent article titled “NYS, NYC Officials Pledged To Reduce Maternal Mortality—Then The Pandemic Struck” was released by gothamist.com. Below is a partial excerpt but you can read the full
The American College of Nurse-Midwives has endorsed this statement. AABC_Statement_on_Neonatal_M
Here is the 2021 Memorandum of Support for the NYS Legislature’s bill A259a / S1414a. The bill has passed the Assembly as of March 13, 2021, but is still in
The Quality Committee has published updated and expanded guidelines for Community Birth. 2020_NYSALM_Guidelines_Community Birth_5-20_Final
Black Lives Matter_ Put an End to State-Sponsored and Police Violence
In 2012, a group of midwives and birth support persons visited NY midwives for one week; they now sent us the following message of support as we struggle with the
Kira Smith LM, originally from Syracuse, https://www.syracuse.com/…/from-syracuse-to-the-sudan-nurse-midwife-sees- patients-in-the-backs-of-trucks-and-under-shade-trees.html is featured in this article from February 2020.
https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/wnyc/#file=/audio/json/1008090/&share=1″> NYM Midwives President Sascha James-Conterelli is a guest on this episode from NYC Public Radio.
Follow this link to Redbook magazine. https://www.redbookmag.com/life/charity/g32008730/heroic-acts-pandemic/