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PushforMidwives @PushforMidwives

National campaign to educate about, regulate, and integrate CPMs in all 50 States, D.C, Puerto Rico, Guam & Virgin Islands. pushformidwives.org

Joined January 2010
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PushforMidwives retweeted
Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
16 Aug 2023
Kudos @aafp Student Congress for passing resolution on advocating for licensing for direct-entry #midwives to increase access to quality #MaternalHealth providers for families who choose out-of-hospital births aafp.org/news/education-prof… @SarahCo66857803 @PushforMidwives

Student Congress Speaks Up for Education, Patient Care

Students took steps to strengthen medical education and patient care when they addressed important issues for the next generation of family physicians through the 2023 National Congress of Student...

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
2 Jun 2023
1/🥳 A rare bright spot for #MaternalHealth in #Iowa. Today @KimReynoldsIA signed HF 265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives making #Iowa state #38 ( DC). #ialegis @IAGovernor Press release: governor.iowa.gov/press-rele… @PushforMidwives
Image text: Iowa is the 38th state to regulate Certified Professional Midwives!

ALT Image text: Iowa is the 38th state to regulate Certified Professional Midwives!

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
3 Jun 2023
Read a press release on #Iowa becoming the 38th state to regulate Certified Professional #Midwives: tinyurl.com/yc4ptm3b Thank you to everyone that has provided support in getting this bill finally passed! #ialegis #MaternalHealth @PushforMidwives
Image text: Press Release: New law makes Iowa 38th state to regulate midwives.

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
8 May 2023
“This bill has been decades in the making thanks to a diverse coalition of individuals past & present. Once this bill is signed by the governor more Iowa families will have access to midwifery model of care which is associated w/improved maternal health outcomes” @MeganDaySuhr
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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
8 May 2023
Thanks @BusinessRecord for highlighting the passage of HF 265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa: businessrecord.activehosted.… #ialegis

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
4 May 2023
1/Kudos to @MeganDaySuhr & @shiphrahbirth for their tireless efforts for many years to get this bill passed & the longstanding support from @marymascher @Rep_BobbyK & many other #ialegis legislators. @PushforMidwives
Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
3 May 2023
📢 HF 265 (as amended from Senate) to license Certified Professional #Midwives has passed the #Iowa House 91-2. The bill now goes @IAGovernor for signing!!! History is made. #Iowa will be #38 !!! Congrats to all the midwives & advocates past & present @PushforMidwives
Image description: Iowa House votes totals for HF 265 to license midwives - 91 aye; 2 nay; 7 absent

ALT Image description: Iowa House votes totals for HF 265 to license midwives - 91 aye; 2 nay; 7 absent

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
3 May 2023
📢 HF 265 (as amended from Senate) to license Certified Professional #Midwives has passed the #Iowa House 91-2. The bill now goes @IAGovernor for signing!!! History is made. #Iowa will be #38 !!! Congrats to all the midwives & advocates past & present @PushforMidwives
Image description: Iowa House votes totals for HF 265 to license midwives - 91 aye; 2 nay; 7 absent

ALT Image description: Iowa House votes totals for HF 265 to license midwives - 91 aye; 2 nay; 7 absent

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
30 Apr 2023
1/Email your #ialegis Senator now to ask them to vote yes to HF265 to license #midwives in #Iowa when it comes to the Senate floor this week: legis.iowa.gov/legislators/f…. This is a bipartisan bill, improves #MaternalHealth & will make Iowa #38! @PushforMidwives
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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
12 Apr 2023
1/ Contact all #Iowa Senators & ask them to vote yes to HF 265 without amendment to license Certified Professional #Midwives. This passed the House 91-2 & two full Senate committees. This is the farthest this bill has ever gone. Help us make Iowa #38! #ialegis @PushforMidwives
Image text: Take action. Contact all Iowa State Senators to support HF 265 to license Certified Professional Midwives.

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ReproductiveHealthImpact@rhimpact__
6 Apr 2023
The coronavirus exacerbated the effects of medical racism already baked into the U.S. healthcare system, leading to a spike in Black maternal mortality rates between 2020 and 2021, new data from the @CDCgov reveals. via @MsMagazine bit.ly/3JXGLmM

Medical Racism’s Role in the Recent Spike in Maternal Mortality

In 2021, over 360 Black women died of maternal health causes across the country. Maternal and child health experts blame systematic racism.

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AABC@birthcenters
4 Apr 2023
#actionalert Support Midwifery Education & Funding for Birth Centers! AABC, ACNM & NACPM partner to request funding for midwifery education & birth center start-ups. Call your 2 Senators by April 6th to support Maternal Health funding. #birthcenters buff.ly/40YJTFP
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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
6 Apr 2023
UPDATE/HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa passed the Senate Ways & Means subcommittee AND the full committee today. Stay tuned for further info/action steps! #ialegis #MaternalHealth
Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
5 Apr 2023
1/Tomorrow at 8:30am HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa will go before Senate Ways & Means for a subcommittee. This should be our final sub of this session. We are so close. #ialegis
Image text: Take action: contact Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee to support HF 265 to license certified professional midwives.

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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
5 Apr 2023
5/END Watch video of Melanie, Certified Professional Midwife practicing in #Iowa 30 yrs who has been prosecuted by state for no reason other than providing quality #MaternalHealth care in rural Cedar County where there is no hospital: youtu.be/Ldn0126tBhc #ialegis #midwives
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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
5 Apr 2023
1/Tomorrow at 8:30am HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa will go before Senate Ways & Means for a subcommittee. This should be our final sub of this session. We are so close. #ialegis
Image text: Take action: contact Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee to support HF 265 to license certified professional midwives.

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Come on Iowa! #ialegis #Pushformidwives
Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
5 Apr 2023
1/Tomorrow at 8:30am HF265 to license Certified Professional #Midwives in #Iowa will go before Senate Ways & Means for a subcommittee. This should be our final sub of this session. We are so close. #ialegis
Image text: Take action: contact Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee to support HF 265 to license certified professional midwives.

ALT Image text: Take action: contact Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee to support HF 265 to license certified professional midwives.
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Rachel Manuel Bruns@rachelbruns
31 Mar 2023
"...planned hospital birth in many places does not reduce mortality & morbidity but increases the frequency of interventions & complications...the increasing medicalisation of childbirth tends to undermine women’s own capability to give birth.." #ialegis #midwives #Iowa
International Confederation of Midwives@world_midwives
30 Mar 2023
Midwife-assisted home birth is an integrated part of maternity care 👏 Studies suggest that planned hospital birth for women @ low risk of complications is NOT safer than planned home birth assisted by a #midwife w/ medical backup. 👇 @cochranecollab ow.ly/n4aW50NtAhU
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