HR 211 — A Resolution recognizing the week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   1523

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 211
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY DALEY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA, FREEMAN, PIELLI,
        VITALI, HILL-EVANS, CONKLIN, KHAN, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI,
        WARREN, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD, BOYD AND D. WILLIAMS,
        APRIL 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, APRIL 28, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Recognizing the week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National
 2      Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania.
 3         WHEREAS, Midwifery is defined as "skilled, knowledgeable and
 4   compassionate care for childbearing women, newborn infants and
 5   families across the continuum from prepregnancy, pregnancy,
 6   birth, postpartum and the early weeks of life"; and
 7         WHEREAS, Midwives are health care professionals who have been
 8   trained to provide safe, quality medical care to mothers and
 9   their babies before, during and after delivery; and
10         WHEREAS, Nurse-midwives are advanced practice registered
11   nurses who have received certification in midwifery; and
12         WHEREAS, The earliest form of nurse-midwifery in our country
13   began in 1925 when Mary Breckinridge, an American nurse,
14   returned from training in England and established the Frontier
15   Nursing Service in Kentucky to serve rural mothers and children;
16   and
17         WHEREAS, In 1931, the first nurse-midwifery education program
 1   opened in the United States; and
 2      WHEREAS, Nurse-midwives train and practice under an
 3   obstetrician or another medical professional; and
 4      WHEREAS, As medical professionals, nurse-midwives offer a
 5   wide range of health services, such as family planning,
 6   nutrition counseling, gynecological care, physical exams,
 7   prenatal, labor, birth and postnatal care and newborn care; and
 8      WHEREAS, According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives,
 9   the practice of midwifery results in fewer maternal and infant
10   deaths, fewer preterm births and fewer interventions during
11   birth, such as episiotomies and labor induction; and
12      WHEREAS, "National Midwifery Week" was created by the
13   American College of Nurse-Midwives to celebrate and recognize
14   midwives and midwife-led care; therefore be it
15      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
16   week of October 5 through 11, 2025, as "National Midwifery Week"
17   in Pennsylvania.




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