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Thursday, March 28, 2024 | Back issues
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Midwives

A longtime certified professional midwife claims the Georgia Board of Nursing unconstitutionally threatens to fine her $500 every time she uses that title, “or even utters the verboten word ‘midwife’ to describe herself.”

ATLANTA — A longtime certified professional midwife claims in a federal complaint the Georgia Board of Nursing unconstitutionally threatens to fine her $500 every time she uses that title, “or even utters the verboten word ‘midwife’ to describe herself.”

Categories / Civil Rights, Government, Health

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