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Text of Adopted Decision
1999 case against California Licensed Midwife Alison Osborn
Administrative Law Judge dismissed charges after extensive hearing
Text for Amicus Curiae Briefs ~ Osborn Case
(1) filled by California Citizens for Health Freedom
(2) and the California College of MidwivesThe 1976 Bowland Decision and Abortion
- upholding the legalization of abortion
while criminalizing midwifery1996 Kansas Supreme Court Decision
Ruling that Midwifery is Not the Practice of MedicineTHE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
MIDWIFERY LEGISLATION
1876-1993
Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee -- MBC -- Correspondence
Roberta Devers Scott Sentencing Hearing November 4th 1996- New York Midwifery politics -- historical and contemporary
NEW Autonomous Scope of Practice for Nurses, Nurse Midwives and Direct-entry Midwives & Vicarious Liability Issues in Professional Midwifery -- Legislative background in California