No Mandatory Licensure or Regulation of Ohio Midwives.

There are pieces of proposed and introduced legislation that would make traditional, lay, or direct entry midwives a felon if they continue to practice. The new requirements would be that all Ohio midwives are licensed and have attended a MEAC accredited school, both cutting the number of midwives down drastically.  This regulation takes away the mother's choice to birth at home if she falls under certain parameters and forces mothers to undergo birth interventions they do not want. 

This petition is to show that birth professionals and midwifery consumers DO NOT support mandatory regulation of midwives in Ohio.