Hye all my son wanted me to go here and get your opinions about a new bill that is about to be or trying to be passed in Idaho.  here is the website to get the whole of it if you would like, http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/ho185.htm  but to make a long story short they are wanting (the government) the midwifes in Idaho to have to be certified and licensed.  Now there is a contingency out there that don't want this to happen.  There are exceptions like religious reasons and emergancies or if a family memeber delivers the child.  Okay here is my stance on it.  I believe there is nothing wrong with having a person certified.  I think that they should have to have basic cpr and maybe and industrial or emergancy first aid if something goes wrong.  Now I don't believe in the government getting into my business much but when we are dealing with small lives I think there should be rules.

I look forward to hearing what you have to say on the subject and the lively debate it may become.

Love and Laughter
~Raveness~

I tend to agree with you on that one, Raveness!  Without some form of certification (training, anyhow) anyone with a coathanger could call themselves a midwife!   I didn't know that you could do that WITHOUT one!  (Shows what I know.)  Plus, without some form of licensing, what happens if its the "midwife's" fault that a child is born disabled or stillborn.  There is no legal standing to take action.  What can you do as a victim?  I think certifying them will protect the mother/child from having some fly-by-night midwife wannabe messing around where they oughtn't.

You can be a midwife in the US without a qual of any sort or registration??  Here you must have done nursing, and then midwifery and be registered at all times, as any other nurse needs to be.  I am somewhat shocked you could be a midwife *without* these basics... (clue)

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What's even more shocking is that there is a contingancy of nuts in Idaho that want to keep it so that you don't have to be licensed or certified.  Becuase they say that then you have to record the birth and some of these people don't want the record of the birth.  I don't know about some people.  If they want to keep under the radar they are going ot do it anyways.

Love and LAughter
~Raveness~