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Certified Professional Midwife Licensing Bill

Establishes the educational requirements for licensure and defines the scope of practice for Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs). Their practice is defined as the management of normal pregnancies, births, postpartum care, newborn care, and preventative gynecologic care in the community setting. This includes birth centers and homebirths for normal pregnancies in healthy individuals.
Licensing community midwives is an important step in addressing birth equity, birth justice, and an individual’s right to choose the most appropriate care.

Help Get CPMs Licensed in New York​

Your representatives are in their home offices and need to hear from their constituents today!
The more Assembly Members and Senators who sign on in support of the Certified Professional Midwife Licensing Bill or agree to co-sponsor the bill, the better.
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New York families deserve choice in providers, especially those seeking birth and reproductive care from midwives and those who want more homebirth and birth center providers.
​People deserve access to midwives who specialize in community-based care!

Join NYCPM for an upcoming event!

NYCPM Presents: Arrest the MidwifeFilm Screening & Community Gathering
📅 February 11
📍 University at Albany – Uptown Campus
Standish Room, Science Library
🕕 6:00–8:20 PM
Join us for a screening of Arrest the Midwife, a powerful documentary that examines the criminalization of midwifery and its impact on families, birth workers, and community-based care—especially in New York State.
This film invites us to reflect on reproductive autonomy, access to midwifery care, and the urgent need for birth justice–centered policy change.
✨ Free and open to the public
Whether you are a student, birth worker, parent, advocate, or community member, you are warmly invited to attend, witness, and engage in conversation around the future of maternal health and midwifery care.

2. Contact Your State Legislators
  • Ask them to sponsor or support Bill A1125/S5542
  • ​Call, email, or message them on social media
  • Use templates and talking points provided by NY CPM or MMHC
3. Sign & Share the Petition
  • Add your name in support of licensing for CPMs
  • ​Share the petition with your networks, clients, and social circles
4. Share Your Story
  • Tell your community why community midwives matter
  • Post on social media and tag your reps
  • Use the official campaign hashtag: #LicenseNYCPMs, #PowertoMobilize, #BirthJusticeNow #CommunityMidwives​
​​5. Mobilize Your Community
  • Invite others to attend the Day of Action or email their legislators
  • Host a letter-writing night, educational event, or story-sharing circle
  • Offer rides, child care, or translation help to remove barriers for others
6. Follow & Support the Movement
​7. Stay Engaged
  • Subscribe to NY CPM email list
  • Follow @nycpm.inc on social media
  • Join our calls for action

NY CPM, INC.

​NY CPM, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization with a mission to expand midwifery licensure in New York State to include licensure for Certified Professional Midwives.
Join us in creating equitable, community-centered midwifery care for all.