Kentucky Midwifery Taskforce
Because Kentucky families need licensed out-of-hospital birth providers!
Advocacy Tools
Kentucky Midwifery Taskforce advocacy tools- have these on hand when visiting your legislator:
Access, Qualifications, & Safety
How Do CPMs Receive Their Credential? Fact Sheet
A Comparison of CNMs/CMs and CPMs
The American Public Health Association (APHA) Resolution- "Increasing Access To Out-Of-Hospital Maternity Care Services Through State-Regulated and Nationally-Certified Direct-Entry Midwives"
Planned Home Births Are Safe- A Citizens for Midwifery (CfM) Fact Sheet
KMT Legislator Contact Report Form
Other Citizens for Midwifery (CfM) advocacy tools:
Communicating With Legislators - A "How-to" Guide
Anyone Can Write to Their Legislator - It's Easy
Tips for Writing Letters to the Editor
Advocacy tools from other sources:
The Do's & Don'ts of Effectively Engaging Legislators- Borrowed from The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
The 11 Commandments of Advocacy- Borrowed from The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
How a Bill Becomes a Law- Borrowed from The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
Here is one of the advocacy tees that can be purchased along with other t-shirt styles, buttons, and bumperstickers (as seen on KMT's advocacy video). Please contact us to inquire about this fundraiser!
Kentucky Legislature
Find out what Senate and House districts you live in:
Senate Districts Map w/ photos- 2007 (pdf)
House Districts Map w/ photos- 2007 (pdf)
Find out who your legislators are alphabetically, by district, and by county:
Contact your legislators by e-mail:
Legislator E-mail Addresses 2007
Just about everything you want to know about our state legislature:
Kentucky Legislature Site Index
Kentucky Legislature Organization & Administration
The Kentucky legislature convenes in regular session on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January for 60 days of even-numbered years and for 30 days in odd-numbered years. It convenes in special sessions at the call of the governor. The Kentucky Constitution mandates that a regular session be completed no later than April 15 in even-numbered years and March 30 in odd-numbered years.
For voters:
