The Yukon Association for Birth Choices (YABC) spent 22 years advocating for a midwifery program in the territory, says Rosemary Oslund, the association's co-president. Part of their vision has now been achieved.
Yukoners going through pregnancy in the last year have had not access to midwifery, and the rollout of a smaller measured program is garnering criticism for only including Whitehorse clients and for being delayed by at least four years.
More than six months after Yukon's new midwifery regulations came into effect, the territory has no legal, working midwives and that's leading some expectant parents to make difficult decisions.