Quickening Summer 2013 Vol 44, No 3 | Page 30
REPRESENTING YOU
Throughout the year, dedicated volunteers and staff represent ACNM members at various meetings, workshops, conferences, and exhibits. Below is a sampling of how ACNM is representing your professional interests as well as the interests of women and their families. A New Era in US Midwifery: Historic Meeting of US MERA
going Strong Start initiative. The group’s joint statement asks that maternity care hospitals ensure that they have and follow an obstetric care plan aimed at improving the health of babies by eliminating nonmedically indicated deliveries before 39 weeks and 0 days gestation. The full joint statement can be accessed at http://bit. ly/113zs4I.
MIDWIFERY ADVOCACY MONTH
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