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Midwives

  • Lee Roosevelt, PhD, MPH, CNM, midwife in Ann Arbor
    WEMU News
    Ann Arbor midwives react to elimination of Ascension hospital midwives in Michigan
    Cathy Shafran
    One hospital system across Michigan has begun the process of eliminating midwives from their birthing centers. It is a move being seen with alarm by professional nurse midwives in Washtenaw County. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran talks to Lee Roosevelt, the President of the Michigan affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, about the impact on local birthing centers as the Ascension hospitals in Michigan begin eliminating their midwife staff.