Midwives save lives. These organizations help more families have access to midwives, offer essential birth and reproductive care options, and make the world safer, healthier, and more equitable.

1. Seven Sisters Birth Center - Help sustain this Western Massachusetts birth center

2. Neighborhood Birth Center - Boston needs a birth center!

3. Worcester Community Birth Center - Build a birth center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

4. NACPM Massachusetts - Strengthen the midwife workforce statewide

5. Bay State Birth Coalition - Advocate for access to midwifery and birth options statewide

6. Birth Future Foundation - Make grants to support Black, Brown, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA+ midwives in the United States

7. Resilient Sisterhood Project - Educate and empower women of African descent affected by diseases of the reproductive system

8. Prospera Institute - Advance Latinx health prosperity

9. Propa City Community Outreach  - Support families experiencing pregnancy loss

10. True Alliance Center - Support Haitian migrant families in Massachusetts (Read about Pastor Keke’s work)

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May 5 is the annual International Day of the Midwife. We love and celebrate midwives this day and every day! Thank you midwives, for all you do to care for us.

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“Massachusetts Midwives Push for a Licensing Plan” was the front page headline in the Boston Globe on April 27, 2024. Globe reporter Diti Kholi highlights the important role of midwives, and the lack of a licensure pathway in Massachusetts for the certified professional midwives who attend nearly all home births and are 50% of the national workforce for birth centers. Read the article.

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American College of Nurse Midwives-MA, Bay State Birth Coalition, and Neighborhood Birth Center Thank Administration For Their Leadership & Urge Quick Implementation of Recommendations

Maternal health practitioners and reproductive rights supporters applaud Governor Healey’s release this week of reports and recommendations regarding the state of maternal health care and essential services in the Commonwealth. The recommendations laid out in the report, if implemented fully, would result in a marked increase in access to maternal health care across Massachusetts. We particularly thank the Administration for prioritizing the following critical recommendations: (1) Updated regulations governing birth centers to better align with national standards; (2) Equitable reimbursement for Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs); and (3) Support for integration of Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) into more pregnancy and birth care settings and coverage for such care in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts currently ranks in the bottom third of states for midwife integration. Midwives save lives!

On October 5, maternal health and reproductive equity groups joined together at the State House to advocate for legislation to expand access to midwives in Massachusetts. Approximately one hundred parents, kids, midwives, nurses, students, community leaders, advocates, and legislators gathered for a powerful rally on the State House steps. Afterwards, supporters and lawmakers gathered inside the State House for a presentation and panel discussion on the value and importance of midwifery care.

Co-hosted by Neighborhood Birth Center, Bay State Birth Coalition, ACNM Massachusetts, NACPM Massachusetts, Reproductive Equity Now, MassNOW, ACLU, Our Bodies Ourselves, Mystic Valley Action for Reproductive Justice, City of Boston Office of Women’s Advancement, Birth Equity & Justice Massachusetts, Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice at Tufts Medical School, and the Massachusetts PPD Fund.

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