Before the advent of modern certified nurse-midwives who now work alongside physicians and deliver a great number of babies each year, there was the neighborhood midwife who often performed her service without formal training.
In 1976, the Alabama Legislature outlawed midwifery. However, for decades the midwife was the only help for most black mothers who couldn’t afford or didn’t have access to medical care.
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