Midwifery Advocates Protest Seemingly Illogical Hospital Decision

by Candace Curlee, CNM, MS, ACNM Region VI RepresentativeA curious thing happened last month in Ventura County, CA. St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo decided that midwives can no longer practice at their facility. Midwives have been practicing at St. John’s for the past 30 years. Evidently, the pediatrics and obstetrics committees along with the board of directors made the decision