Our Purpose
We are a coalition of families and midwives
dedicated to preserving the freedom of women and
their families to choose homebirth with the
attendants of their choice.
SaveHomebirth.com was birthed out of our desire to
network and to collate and disseminate information about
our efforts to advance the freedom of birth.
We believe this is a defining moment for midwifery practice
in the United States.
The Pennsylvania Board of Medicine, in particular, has
attacked the freedom and sanctity of families by squarely
declaring that it is a violation of the Medical Practice Act of
1985 for anyone other than a Doctor or a Certified Nurse
Midwife to assist a woman in childbirth. While CNMs
provide valuable services to many Pennsylvania women,
thousands of others will be robbed of their ability to
choose a qualified midwife to attend their homebirths if
the Board of Medicine continues to prosecute non-nurse
midwives.
Certified Professional Midwives(CPMs) and highly skilled
Direct-Entry Midwives (DEMs), whose record of safety is
unquestioned, now risk being fined and ordered to cease
and desist. Many have already given up their practices out
of fear of legal prosecution, leaving hundreds of families
without the option of homebirth attended by a qualified
midwife.
Our purpose is to keep you informed, to urge you to take
action to protect your freedoms, and to coordinate and
cooperate with other like-minded groups.
We are a coalition of families and midwives
dedicated to preserving the freedom of women and
their families to choose homebirth with the
attendants of their choice.
SaveHomebirth.com was birthed out of our desire to
network and to collate and disseminate information about
our efforts to advance the freedom of birth.
We believe this is a defining moment for midwifery practice
in the United States.
The Pennsylvania Board of Medicine, in particular, has
attacked the freedom and sanctity of families by squarely
declaring that it is a violation of the Medical Practice Act of
1985 for anyone other than a Doctor or a Certified Nurse
Midwife to assist a woman in childbirth. While CNMs
provide valuable services to many Pennsylvania women,
thousands of others will be robbed of their ability to
choose a qualified midwife to attend their homebirths if
the Board of Medicine continues to prosecute non-nurse
midwives.
Certified Professional Midwives(CPMs) and highly skilled
Direct-Entry Midwives (DEMs), whose record of safety is
unquestioned, now risk being fined and ordered to cease
and desist. Many have already given up their practices out
of fear of legal prosecution, leaving hundreds of families
without the option of homebirth attended by a qualified
midwife.
Our purpose is to keep you informed, to urge you to take
action to protect your freedoms, and to coordinate and
cooperate with other like-minded groups.
About Us
Who We Are
Faith Bucks, D.C
Bucks Family Chiropractic
Faith@savehomebirth.com
Jody Ward, M.Ed.
Jody@savehomebirth.com
Faith Bucks, D.C
Bucks Family Chiropractic
Faith@savehomebirth.com
Jody Ward, M.Ed.
Jody@savehomebirth.com
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Author /Midwife Nancy Wainer
Responds
"The misinformation and fear upon which this
decision was made is preposterous. The United
States uses more tubes, tools, chemicals, drugs,
machines and doctors at birth than any other
country, and yet - or because of that - we have
appallingly high rates of infant and maternal
mortality and morbidity.
"Countries where midwife-attended out-of-hospital
births are common have far better
outcomes/statistics than the U.S.
"Birth is a natural, physiological process and all of
the research supports that homebirth is very safe,
and should always be an option for mothers.- and
that midwives are the best care providers for
healthy mothers.
"This decision by the Board of Medicine serves
hospitals and doctors, not women.
"The great irony is that every person on this Board
has ancestors who were born at home, or they
wouldn’t be here!
"By not supporting this option, they are showing
their ignorance and lack of understanding about
the normalcy of birth and denying
women their rights." Nancy Wainer, CPM, Author
of "Silent Knife" and "Open Season"