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Organizations
American Association of Birth Centers
American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)
Ancient Song Doula Services (2017 grantee)
California Association of Midwives (2017 grantee)
Center for Reproductive Rights
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)
International Center for Traditional Childbearing
International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
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)
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