License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births By Lisa Rab May 14, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/certified-professional-midwives-home-births-state-licensure-lack-georgia/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8t5VONhYwtSJZ9RbtFGq1Ipen9cZouJuyhtwSTTdaPRqw_dXnZ8EdPqjVuzPUDLpdEEe8jvdb3jPOpzrW35Zk3rn6pmQ&_hsmi=418752874&utm_content=418752874&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break The Law To Assist With Home Births In a midwife’s suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay on an examination table while the midwife measured her pregnant belly. Unlike at many a doctor’s office, no crinkly paper sheet covered the table and no antiseptic chill lingered in the air. The room next door, where Collins’ appointment began, was filled with children’s toys and scented candles and warmed by a wood-burning stove. The certified professional midwife pressed the button on a handheld Doppler ultrasound machine she placed on Collins’ belly. (Rab, 5/14)