Monthly Archives: January 2011
What is a midwife? CNM or CPM?
There are so many different care providers at birth it can be hard to keep track and sort it all out unless you make it your part-time job! To save you some trouble, here is a chart explaining the differences … Continue reading
Who Are We?
We are a small team of concerned citizens: Indra Lusero is a legal scholar and soon-to-be attorney who had a homebirth with a direct entry midwife, Jacy Montoya is a reproductive justice expert/strategist and new mom, Seth Donovan is a … Continue reading
Handouts
Here are the handouts we are presenting to the committee and legislators we are talking to – they may be useful in your conversations with people too! COLOR Midwives Fact Sheet (a big picture view of the issue this session … Continue reading
Senate Health and Human Services Committee
This is the committee that will address the midwifery bill first. We are working with the chair, Betty Boyd, who is carrying the bill and supporting our efforts. The links go to pages with each committee member’s contact information. Committee … Continue reading
Theory of Change
“Knowledge exists only as a function of living tissue” Keiran Egan The Elephant Circle project is deeply informed by birth, bonding, and death as examples of change. Take childbirth for example: the changes that take place not only leading up … Continue reading
Get to know the Opposition
Help us keep track of and anticipate the opposition. In 2011 the direct-entry midwifery bill will be opposed by the Colorado Medical Society and the Colorado section of ACOG (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists). Both of these local entities … Continue reading
Follow a Bill
Here is the link to the Colorado Legislature. To follow a bill you have to know the bill number, and when you do, you can enter it here and get updates on where it is in the process. The 2011 … Continue reading
Clinical Experience Comparison Chart
Here is a chart developed by a group in South Dakota comparing the clinical experience of CPMs, CNMs and family doctors. This is the latest version (as of 1-24-11). Clinical Experience Comparison
Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
This department oversees many professions including health care professionals and others. This is the department that regulates midwives in Colorado. You can find a list of registered midwives here. You can find reports that the department writes here. Click “M” … Continue reading
Introducing – DNCF
We are a non-partisan consumer driven coalition of families, community groups, organizations, faith leaders and care providers who are working to ensure that the medicine lobby doesn’t keep us from having the best natural maternity care around. Find our Facebook … Continue reading