Confident and unafraid — not many mothers would describe their feelings during childbirth with these words, but they are the words Charissa Peterson uses to describe giving birth to her youngest ...

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Birth attendants, midwives and supporters, including several Maui residents, have gathered at the Capitol in Honolulu this week to push for the passage of House Bill 955. Pictured from left to right ...

The State of Hawaiʻi has agreed to end a legal challenge, which midwife advocates are hailing as a significant victory that ...

Native Hawaiian midwives will now be able to practice and train without fear of prison after Hawai‘i lawmakers and courts ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona midwife has surrendered her license to practice after one of her clients and a newborn baby died following a home birth she oversaw. That family is questioning if the midwife is ...

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Rachel Manuel Bruns lives in Des Moines with her partner and two children. I recently attended an Iowa Senate subcommittee meeting about House File 2547, a bill that would provide licensure for ...