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Join us! — Tuesday, April 14 — Midwife Advocacy Day — Beacon Hill, Boston

Calling all midwifery supporters! Please join Bay State Birth Coalition, ACNM Massachusetts Affiliate, NACPM Massachusetts Chapter, AABC Massachusetts, Baystate Midwifery Education Program, Boston College Nurse Midwifery Program, the BEE Collaborative, and more for a powerful day of advocacy for midwifery.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM | Beacon Hill in Downtown Boston
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Who should attend? Midwives, midwifery students, families, advocates, and anyone who supports midwifery, public health, and reproductive justice! Children are welcome.

No experience necessary! We will guide you every step of the way with instructions, handouts, and experienced group leaders. Legislators and their staffs appreciate hearing from you, and showing up at the State House makes a big impression! The event will include speakers, brief advocacy training, and legislative visits in small groups.

What we will be advocating for? Everyone deserves access to midwifery care in every setting from hospital to birth center to home to community health center. We have made strides for midwifery in Massachusetts, but there is more work to do! We will advocate in support of:

Reimbursement parity for Certified Professional Midwives, Certified Nurse Midwives, and birth centers from commercial insurance and MassHealth (expanding upon what was already passed in 2024)
Creation of a midwifery workforce development fund
State investment in support of birth centers, midwifery, and maternal health programs

Why are we advocating? Legislators respond to direct outreach from constituents. Strong advocacy helps promote pro-midwife policy and build on what we have achieved so far. Make your voice heard on Beacon Hill!

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In support of midwives, birth centers, and home births in Massachusetts

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In 2024, Massachusetts passed a landmark Midwifery and Maternal Health “Momnibus” law to license certified professional midwives, update state birth center regulations, and much, much more. (Read about the 2024 Midwifery and Maternal Health “Momnibus” law.) As implementation of the 2024 law rolls out, Massachusetts families are looking forward to greater access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options at home or in birth centers. In order to ensure the success and sustainability of midwifery and birth centers, more is needed!

We are thrilled to see legislators seeking to build upon this progress with “An Act promoting and enhancing the sustainability of birth centers and the midwifery workforce," (S.784/H.5016) filed by Senator Joan Lovely, Representative Manny Cruz, and Representative Lindsay Sabadosa. This bill would create a state fund to invest in midwifery education, ensure sustainable insurance reimbursement rates for midwifery practices and birth centers, and more. (Download the fact sheet.)

The bill received a favorable report from the Financial Services Committee, and has now advanced to the Health Care Financing Committee. We are pushing for a favorable report from Health Care Financing this spring!

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