Careful, if you are drinking your morning coffee, you just might spew while you get some good belly laughs out of this legislative report. The MSMA's flair for the dramatic make this great reading. If only we could get the MSMA to talk about evidence based medicine, I would go buy Tom a big screen TV myself.
From the Missouri State Medical Association February 9th legislative report: "AN AVALANCHE OF MIDWIFERY
You have two options. Either begin talking to your legislators about lay midwifery, or get ready to welcome them to your neighborhood. The midwives are roaming the Capitol hallways in droves, night and day, and they are winning this battle. If we had a dollar for every time we've heard a lawmaker say I'm not hearing from my docs about this, we'd be home watching Oprah on a big screen TV right now.
Here are the facts. Last year's midwifery bill was unspeakably bad. It required absolutely no training or education, and even granted the midwives immunity from prosecution no matter the maiming. And it almost passed. Now comes the great compromise. In this year's version the midwife has to be certified by some national midwifery certification body (unless they're grandfathered in or have some sort of religious objection), and they have to 'attend' forty births. Sure, they're not required to be licensed or registered or held accountable in any other manner; but these are magnanimous concessions. It's time to pass this bill.
The House version, HB 974, will be heard in committee next Wednesday morning. We will testify against it, but it would be a lie to say there was any hope of keeping it in committee. Don't batten the hatches. Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! You need to let your legislators hear from you. Now."
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