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Company:Massachusetts Friends of Midwives

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Consumer organization supporting midwifery and the midwifery model of care. Directory of birthing resources.

' Massachusetts Friends of Midwives (MFOM), founded in 1983, is a non-profit educational organization. We are committed to supporting the practice of midwifery in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to safeguarding every woman's right to give birth how, where, and with whom she chooses. For seventeen years MFOM has mobilized grassroots support for women's birthing rights. This support includes the following: * Co-founder of the Massachusetts Coalition for Midwifery, for the purpose of promoting legislation to protect all practices of midwifery within the Commonwealth, including pending . * Publisher of seven editions of , which provides information about midwives, childbirth educators, and postpartum services in the region. * Co-sponsor and host of the 1989 and 2002 Conference of the . * Sponsor of the Boston premiere in 1998 for Suzanne Arm's latest film. President: Vice President: Treasurer:Position Currently Open Clerk: Directors: Positions Currently Open * Co-sponsor with the Harvard '-Massachusetts Friends of Midwives

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