Mississippi House Bill 695, which
would OUTLAW Certified Professional Midwives and deny women
access to their care, needs to be stopped TODAY!
If you live in or have
midwifery or doula clients in Mississippi, start making
calls and sending emails to your STATE SENATORS ONLY and
forward this page to anyone you know who lives in the state
(calls can be made to home and office numbers
both).
Mississippi residents can find out
who their State Senator is here:
http://www.capitolconnect.com/demoassoc1/legislatorsearch.aspx
It
is particularly important that members of the Senate Public
Health committee (listed
below) hear from their constituents, telling them to
vote NO on HB 695 and that you do NOT support
making Certified Professional Midwives, who are specially
trained to deliver babies in out-of-hospital settings,
illegal.
The bill, which includes stiff penalties for ANY
midwife practicing who is not a nurse-midwife and
which repeals the current exemption that midwives have from
Mississippi’s medical practice act, has already sailed
through the Mississippi House, so urgent action is
needed TODAY.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0695.xml
Hob Bryan, Chair
(It is especially urgent that Senator Bryan
hear from his constituents—please spread the word to
anyone you know who lives in District 7 to start making
calls)
District 7 - Itawamba, Lee,
Monroe
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 212 D
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3234
Home:
P. O. Box 75
Amory, MS
38821
(662)256-9989 (H)
(662)256-9601 (W)
Bob M.
Dearing
District 37 - Adams, Amite, Franklin,
Pike
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 215 B
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3244
Home:
305 Melrose-Motebello Parkway
Natchez, MS
39120
(601)442-0486 (H)
(601)446-7651 (W)
(601)446-7651 (F)
Email:
bdearing@senate.ms.gov
Hillman
Terome Frazier
District 27 - Hinds
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 213 E
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3453
Home:
2066 Queensroad Avenue
Jackson, MS 39213
(601)982-1871
(H)
(601)359-5957 (F)
Email:
hfrazier@senate.ms.gov
John
Horhn
District 26 - Hinds, Madison
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 212 B
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-6217
Home:
P.O. Box 2030
Jackson, MS
39225
(601)362-1045 (H)
(601)362-4285 (W)
Email:
jhorhn@senate.ms.gov
Cindy
Hyde-Smith
District 39 - Lawrence, Lincoln,
Simpson
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 405 B
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3246
Home:
400 Cattle Trail, N. W.
Brookhaven, MS 39601
(601)835-3322 (H)
Email:
chydesmith@senate.ms.gov
Kenneth
Wayne Jones
District 21 - Attala, Holmes, Madison,
Yazoo
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
P. O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3232
Home:
232 Boyd Street
Canton, MS
39046
(601)859-3438 (H)
(601)859-8844 (W)
Email:
kjones@senate.ms.gov
Willie
Simmons
District 13 - Bolivar, Humphreys,
Sunflower
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 213 A
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3288
Home:
P. O. Box 297
Cleveland, MS
39732
(662)846-7433 (W)
Email:
wsimmons@senate.ms.gov
Bennie
L. Turner
District 16 - Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee,
Oktibbeha
Contact
Information:
Capitol:
Room: 404 C
P. O.
Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601)359-3210
Home:
P. O. Drawer 1500
West
Point, MS 39773
(662)494-5061
(H)
(662)494-6611 (W)
Email:
bturner@senate.ms.gov
