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PA HR211
Resolution
Status
4/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mary Jo Daley
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AI Summary
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Designates October 5-11, 2025, as "National Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania
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Recognizes midwives as trained healthcare professionals providing care to mothers and babies before, during, and after delivery
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Notes nurse-midwifery in the U.S. began in 1925 with Mary Breckinridge establishing the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky, with the first education program opening in 1931
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Highlights that midwifery practice results in fewer maternal and infant deaths, fewer preterm births, and fewer interventions such as episiotomies and labor induction, according to the American College of Nurse-Midwives
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Acknowledges nurse-midwives provide services including family planning, nutrition counseling, gynecological care, physical exams, and prenatal/postnatal care
Legislative Description
Recognizing the week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania.
Last Action
Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)
12/16/2025