‘We Can’t Afford to Lose Midwifery’ Option

By denying certified nurse-midwives malpractice insurance, we deny them their livelihood.

Insurance companies should have to provide appropriate insurance to midwives at appropriate rates, in scale to the amount actually paid out for their claims.

Midwifery care and home births are generally a fraction of the cost of a hospital birth, therefore saving insurance companies money.

Nurse-midwives provide a safe alternative for women who choose to birth at home rather than in a hospital or birthing center.

C. LEDERER-WEINFELD

Long Beach