Press Kit
Our online press kit provides basic information for media interested in the latest information about Kentucky Home Birth Coalition. If you would like more information please contact us.
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Past Media Coverage
- Courier-Journal, Louisville, Should Kentucky license home-birth midwives? March 3, 2016
- Murray Ledger & Times, Kentucky Home Birth Coalition defends SB85, March 1, 2016
- Georgetown News-Graphic, Letter to the Editor: CPM Bill Good for State, February 27, 2016
- Bowling Green Daily News, LETTER TO THE EDITOR: State Senate should approve maternity care bill, February 26, 2016
- WAVE3, Louisville, Evening News, February 18, 2016
- WBKO, Bowling Green, Midday Live Newscast, January 22, 2016
- MIDWIVES and Kentucky’s health care industry, LEO, May 6, 2015
- Gena Bigler: Recognizing Kentucky midwives, using Medicaid to pay for births makes sense, Ky Forward, May 1, 2013
- Homebirth: Tradition into Law, The Daily Yonder, April 22, 2013
- Gena Bigler: Choosing a home birth may be difficult but also may be best choice, Ky Forward, February 13, 2013
SB 84 Links
- SB134 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19rs/sb84.html
- US Midwifery Education, Regulation, & Association www.usmera.org
Fact Sheets
- Certified Professional Midwives
- What Health Organizations Say About Certified Professional Midwives
- Midwifery Care
- Safety of Home Birth (2005)
- Safety of Home Birth (2014)
- CPM Clinical Requirements Comparison
Studies Supporting Midwifery Care And Out-Of-Hospital Birth:
- Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, January 30, 2014
- CMAJ, August 31, 2009
- BJOG, April 15, 2009
- BJOG, June 18, 2005
- HOME BIRTH: An annotated guide to the literature
- Outcomes of Care in Birth Centers: Demonstration of a Durable Model
- Washington State Cost Saving Summary
- CDC Report On Home Birth: NCHS Data Brief No 84/January 2012