Mississippi Midwife Action Alert!
Please forward the link to this page to everyone you know in Mississippi

Mississippi House Bill 695, which would OUTLAW Certified Professional Midwives and deny women access to their care, needs to be stopped TODAY!

If you live in or have midwifery or doula clients in Mississippi, start making calls and sending emails to your STATE SENATORS ONLY and forward this to anyone you know who lives in the state (calls can be made to home and office numbers both).

Mississippi residents can find out who their State Senator is here:

http://www.capitolconnect.com/demoassoc1/legislatorsearch.aspx

It is particularly important that members of the Senate Public Health committee (listed below) hear from their constituents, telling them to vote NO on HB 695 and that you do NOT support making Certified Professional Midwives, who are specially trained to deliver babies in out-of-hospital settings illegal.

The bill, which includes stiff penalties for ANY midwife practicing who is not a nurse-midwife and which repeals the current exemption that midwives have from Mississippi’s medical practice act, has already sailed through the Mississippi House, so urgent action is needed TODAY.

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0695.xml

Hob Bryan, Chair (It is especially urgent that Senator Bryan hear from his constituents—please spread the word to anyone you know who lives in District 7 to start making calls)

District 7 - Itawamba, Lee, Monroe
Contact Information:
 Capitol:
   Room: 212 D
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3234
 Home:
    P. O. Box 75
    Amory, MS   38821
    (662)256-9989 (H)
    (662)256-9601 (W)

Bob M. Dearing
District 37 - Adams, Amite, Franklin, Pike
Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   Room: 215 B
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3244
Home:
    305 Melrose-Motebello Parkway
    Natchez, MS   39120
    (601)442-0486 (H)
    (601)446-7651 (W)
    (601)446-7651 (F)
Email:
   bdearing@senate.ms.gov

Hillman Terome Frazier
District 27 - Hinds
Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   Room: 213 E
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3453
   Home:
    2066 Queensroad Avenue
    Jackson, MS   39213
    (601)982-1871 (H)
    (601)359-5957 (F)
 Email:
   hfrazier@senate.ms.gov

John Horhn
District 26 - Hinds, Madison
Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   Room: 212 B
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-6217
   Home:
    P.O. Box 2030
    Jackson, MS   39225
    (601)362-1045 (H)
    (601)362-4285 (W)
Email:
   jhorhn@senate.ms.gov

Cindy Hyde-Smith
District 39 - Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson
  Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   Room: 405 B
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3246
   Home:
    400 Cattle Trail, N. W.
    Brookhaven, MS   39601
    (601)835-3322 (H)
Email:
   chydesmith@senate.ms.gov

Kenneth Wayne Jones
District 21 - Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo
  Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3232
   Home:
    232 Boyd Street
    Canton, MS   39046
    (601)859-3438 (H)
    (601)859-8844 (W)
Email:
   kjones@senate.ms.gov

Willie Simmons
District 13 - Bolivar, Humphreys, Sunflower
Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   Room: 213 A
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3288
   Home:
    P. O. Box 297
    Cleveland, MS   39732
    (662)846-7433 (W)
Email:
   wsimmons@senate.ms.gov

Bennie L. Turner
District 16 - Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha
Contact Information:
   Capitol:
   Room: 404 C
   P. O. Box 1018
   Jackson, MS 39215
    (601)359-3210
   Home:
    P. O. Drawer 1500
    West Point, MS   39773
    (662)494-5061 (H)
    (662)494-6611 (W)
Email:
   bturner@senate.ms.gov