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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She’s awaiting trial and facing up to 20 years in prison, and since attending the birth where the baby died she got pregnant and had her 5th baby.

Read all about it on her blog!

https://www.nebraskabirthkeeper.com/blog

She’s still offering her services on her website.[/quote]

How in the hell is she still offering services??[/quote]
Nebraska doesn’t like all those pesky government regulations getting in the way of small businesses?[/quote]

Actually, Nebraska is the only state in the country that does not allow home birth to be attended by a licensed medical professional. Advocates claim that is the reason why you have these underground lay midwives operating in the state.

This particular midwife though claims she can operate under the framework of a “private membership association” that somehow allows its members to be exempt from pesky little laws about the unlicensed practice of medicine. It’s all explained on her website and she also went on a podcast a couple years ago and explained it.

I’m not against all home births. I wouldn’t have one myself, but I think it should be legal to do at home with a licensed doctor or midwife if that’s what the family chooses.

This case was egregious though. She had no license anywhere, and has only attended 50 births. I don’t think she even has a degree. And the baby was breech and they knew it.[/quote]

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