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They asked for public comment…

On April 23, 2026, the Board of Registration in Midwifery opened a voice call to the public to comment on the upcoming temporary licensure for midwives in Massachusetts. Because midwives and the public can only listen to Board of Registration in Midwifery meetings and not comment nor speak to members of the Board re: midwifery licensure, […]

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Then the yellow flags started.

To: [email protected] Fr: Joyce Kimball Dt: October 24, 2025 Please share the following/attached letter with the Board of Registration in Midwifery members before the next meeting. I have already sent 2 well-researched, annotated letters to the Board of Registration in Midwifery – 1 letter in August 2025 and 1 letter in September 2025. This letter […]

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Request that the midwives on the Board focus on midwifery; 8/2025

monperatoto login August 4, 2025 Dear Executive Director Burke and Chairperson Herman, I have been an active, practicing home birth midwife in Massachusetts for 25 years. My livelihood is now covered under the actions and regulations made by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Midwifery. I respectfully request this letter be read at the next […]

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Reflection: Massachusetts Home Birth Midwives licensed

link gacor On August 23, 2024, the Governor of MA signed Chapter 186 of the acts of 2024, An Act promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options (very mis-titled if you ask me) establishing the Board of Registration in Midwifery within the Department of Public Health (DPH).  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4999 I was devastated that the bill […]

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Licensing: the colonization and criminalization of MA home birth midwives

kampungbet 6/19/2024 There is a bill filed in the MA legislature (H.4566) that would license the 30 MA home birth midwives. The licensure bill was filed not because there is anything wrong with MA home birth midwifery. The bill was filed, I think, because our society thinks that getting licensed by the state is a […]

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I said what I said

toto Motherhood, Midwifery, and Home Birth with Joyce Kimball, from the Be Loud About What Matters podcast 1 hour 23 minutesPosted Mar 2, 2022 at 8:00 am. Show Notes Joyce Kimball has been the Owner and Primary Midwife of Joyce Kimball Birth Services, a full-service childbearing-year care service started in 2000. Prior to Birth Services, […]

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3 minutes

I’m not sure where to begin.  I have full permission from RZ to share anything and everything. Here goes. RZ is an anesthesiologist. And she was raped and assaulted during the birth of her 4th baby. R reported the “incident of obstetrical violence, including negligence and assault” to the Medical Board. R’s complaint included that […]

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