California Midwives: A David and Goliath story

The midwives of California need your support. Their plight with ACOG and the medical insurance companies, threatens women's access to midwifery care. Carrie Sparrevohn is a California licensed midwife. Her training was apprentice based during the 1980s and began giving care in her own right during the early 1990's. She began work in clinics after she gained licensure in California in 1997. She works with under served populations in the Sacramento area and has been instrumental in beginning the Sally Clinic Project in Uganda, which is her passion and life work. She has a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from UC Riverside. Past president for the California Association of Midwives, she remains as their legislative chair. She currently sits on the first Midwifery Advisory Council of the Medical Board of California. Joining us again, Claudia Breglia President of California Association of Midwives and homebirth midwife.