Doularama » St. Vincent’s Hospital http://doularama.com a weblog on doulaing, mothering & other adventures by DoulaRina Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Save Homebirth in New York City http://doularama.com/2010/04/save-homebirth-in-new-york-city/ http://doularama.com/2010/04/save-homebirth-in-new-york-city/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:29:50 +0000 doularama http://doularama.com/?p=378 At midnight tomorrow, April 30th, the majority of New York City’s home birth midwives will no longer be able to practice legally.  Unless immediate action is taken by the Governor and the NYS Department of Health the women that these midwives serve will be denied access to a home birth with their chosen provider and these providers will no longer be able to practice legally in NYS.

YOU MUST ACT NOW to save the home birth option for New York Women:

Call:

*311

*Wendy Saunders, Executive Deputy Commissioner for the NY State Department of Health,                                 appointed by Governor Paterson.  518-474-8390

*Larry Mokhiber, the Secretary of the Board of Midwifery (518-474-3817, extension 130)

With the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital, half of the licensed, highly trained home birth midwives serving NYC have lost their Written Practice Agreement (WPA).   St Vincent’s was the only Hospital in the city supportive of a woman’s right to choose a home birth and willing to sign a WPA.  In the weeks since it’s announced closure, these midwives have reached out to hospitals and obstetricians all across the city looking for support, with no success.  Please help us to save the homebirth option in New York.

People can also email the Governor at http://www.state.ny.us/governor/contact/GovernorContactForm.php.

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