KBIA Local
(2008-03-31)
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO
(KBIA) -
A bill that would legalize midwifery in Missouri is awaiting action in the State Senate.
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Last year's midwifery legislation became law after its language was inserted into a health insurance bill. The move cost Republican John Loudon of St. Louis County a committee chairmanship, but he regained it after promising to repeal the language. He says this year's midwifery bill removes that language, but also allows midwives to practice legally:
"Certainly it has popular support and it's just a question of whether there's a strong enough minority among the medical community to block it once again, or get their agents in the Senate to block it for them."
The Missouri State Medical Association says, though, the bill could allow anyone without medical training to deliver babies.
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