In South Dakota, this time around, the doctors won and the house rejected a bill to allow certified professional midwives (the only credential that requires experience in out-of-hospital births) to attend home births. In South Dakota, as in many other states, certified nurse midwives can attend home births if they work with a doctor who approves it—but no doctor will approve it, effectively making the option nonexistant.
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