Lawsuit filed to protect midwifery in Hawaiʻi; Group to rally for traditional birth practices at state Capitol : Maui Now

A lawsuit filed was today by the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation an the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging a midwifery law that they say is preventing pregnant people in Hawaiʻi from using skilled midwives for their pregnancies and births, as they have for generations.

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