Missouri State Medical Association

Just who writes this stuff for the MSMA anyway? This was sent to us by a friend in the organization. Tom if you are listening-- the bill is moving because folks are no longer being swayed by emotion, rather they are being swayed by the evidence.

"MIDWIFERY BILL ADVANCES
Bright and early yesterday morning the House Committee on Children and Families heard testimony on HB 974, the ever-popular lay midwifery bill. A blanket of wet snow may have contributed to a much smaller than usual ocean of supporters, but there were witnesses aplenty; enough so that the chair, in deference to balance, would not hear them all. David Redfern, M.D., of Springfield, testified on behalf of MSMA in opposition to the bill, and was joined by MSMA member Debbi McCaul, M.D., of Rolla, who appeared on behalf of the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians. Both are veteran witnesses for your causes and both were stellar.
In spite of that, however, the committee went into executive session immediately following the hearing and voted to send the bill on to the full House for further consideration. We never pretended that we could keep this bill bottled up in this committee. But we did not expect so summary an ejection. We cannot yet predict when the bill will hit the House floor, but between now and then we�ll trade whatever chits we can to slow its progress. It is critically important that you let your representatives hear from you about this issue.