keep midwifery and homebirth safe and legal

Whereas women maintain the basic human rights of privacy, bodily integrity, and the rights to choose their care provider and place of birth; whereas the practice of giving birth in hospitals attended by physicians has coincided with rapidly increasing rates of induction, epidurals, and vaginal and abdominal surgical interventions; whereas such interventions are scientifically proven to increase morbidity and mortality rates for both woman and child; whereas, homebirth with either a Certified Nurse Midwife or a Certified Professional Midwife in attendance is scientifically proven to have outcomes equal to or better than hospital birth; Resolved that the undersigned concerned citizens object to any legislation which restricts a woman's rights to choose her place to give birth, including her right to choose to birth at home, or her right to have access to a Certfied Professional Midwife.