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Organizations

American Association of Birth Centers

American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)

Ancient Song Doula Services (2017 grantee)

Black Mama’s Matter

California Association of Midwives (2017 grantee)

Center for Reproductive Rights

Childbirth Connection

Choices in Childbirth

Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)

Equity in Midwife Education

Improving Birth

International Center for Traditional Childbearing

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)

Mamatotovillage

Maternal Mortality Initiative

Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)

Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)

National Association of Birth Centers of Color

National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)

The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

The Big Push for Midwives

The MAMA Campaign

Uzazi Village

Midwifery Research

Melissa Cheney: Homebirth as Systems-Challenging Praxis: Knowledge, Power, and Intimacy in the Birthplace, Qualitative Health Research, 2008
The Milbank Report: Evidence–Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve
Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician, Canadian Medical Journal, 2009
PEW Report: The Future of Midwifery
Staying Home to Give Birth: Why Women in the United States Choose Home Birth, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 2009

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