Pennsylvania HR 211: A Resolution recognizing the week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1523
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 211
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA, FREEMAN, PIELLI,
VITALI, HILL-EVANS, CONKLIN, KHAN, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI,
WARREN, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD, BOYD AND D. WILLIAMS,
APRIL 28, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, APRIL 28, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National
Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Midwifery is defined as "skilled, knowledgeable and
compassionate care for childbearing women, newborn infants and
families across the continuum from prepregnancy, pregnancy,
birth, postpartum and the early weeks of life"; and
WHEREAS, Midwives are health care professionals who have been
trained to provide safe, quality medical care to mothers and
their babies before, during and after delivery; and
WHEREAS, Nurse-midwives are advanced practice registered
nurses who have received certification in midwifery; and
WHEREAS, The earliest form of nurse-midwifery in our country
began in 1925 when Mary Breckinridge, an American nurse,
returned from training in England and established the Frontier
Nursing Service in Kentucky to serve rural mothers and children;
and
WHEREAS, In 1931, the first nurse-midwifery education program
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opened in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Nurse-midwives train and practice under an
obstetrician or another medical professional; and
WHEREAS, As medical professionals, nurse-midwives offer a
wide range of health services, such as family planning,
nutrition counseling, gynecological care, physical exams,
prenatal, labor, birth and postnatal care and newborn care; and
WHEREAS, According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives,
the practice of midwifery results in fewer maternal and infant
deaths, fewer preterm births and fewer interventions during
birth, such as episiotomies and labor induction; and
WHEREAS, "National Midwifery Week" was created by the
American College of Nurse-Midwives to celebrate and recognize
midwives and midwife-led care; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National Midwifery Week"
in Pennsylvania.
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