Winter 2023 Off the Hill Advocacy Week
Get excited for Winter Off the Hill Advocacy Week! Join us the week of January 23rd-27th! to advocate for midwifery!!
Due to the pandemic, our...
Vanderbilt, UNC and Duke nurse-midwives join forces to reduce Black maternal health risks
By Tatum Lyles Flick
VUSN Communications Specialist
Nurse-midwives and educators from three prominent research universities have teamed up to improve pregnancy outcomes in Black communities by...
Opinion: Reducing unexpected pregnancies would diminish rate of abortions
“And the Winner is…”
My own ‘Jane Roe’ story occurred early in my career as a Registered Nurse. I worked in a Labor and Delivery...
Kansas Achieves Full Practice Authority for Certified Nurse-Midwives
Hip Hip Hooray! Join us in congratulating our Kansas ACNM Affiliate in becoming the 29th jurisdiction (28 states plus D.C.) to achieve FULL PRACTICE...
CMS Update
CMS Approves Postpartum Medicaid Expansion in Additional States
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Louisiana, Virginia, New Jersey, and Illinois’ extension...
2022 Women’s History Month Recap
The 2022 theme was "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." This theme is "both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers...
Midwives-PAC Update
The Midwives PAC, the fundraising arm of ACNM’s national advocacy efforts, is hard at work serving ACNM members! We are thrilled to be in-person...
President Signs FY 2022 Budget Bill, Includes Funding Increase for Midwifery Education
That’s a wrap! After several months of negotiation, Congress finally passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill funding the federal government through September 30, 2022....
ACNM Advocacy Update 03/10/2022
ACNM State Advocacy Update
2022 has started with a flurry of legislative activity around midwifery, postpartum Medicaid expansion, abortion, preceptor tax credits and mandated implicit...
How Can ACNM Government Affairs Help In Your State?
State legislative sessions are well underway and there are lots of opportunities to increase awareness of and access to midwifery in your community. ACNM...