11/09/2025
Oh, the time I was facing federal and felony charges for practicing midwifery?
Sure. Let’s talk about that.
I spent tens of thousands of dollars defending myself against something that never even happened.
I was accused of crossing state lines to attend births — a felony and federal offense.
Here’s the truth: I live in a state that doesn’t regulate midwifery. Our borders touch two felony states. So families seeking VBACs, breeches, twins, or full autonomy cross into Pennsylvania for care.
That’s always been normal. Until another midwife — over 1,000 miles away — filed a false report.
Do you know what it feels like to look out your window expecting to be arrested in front of your kids?
To sit before a board — the Attorney General, OBs, licensing officials — while they dissect your practice, your website, your posts, your life?
They asked me about hotels, Airbnbs, and surveillance footage that didn’t exist. Trying to catch me in something.
It was like living in a Lifetime movie.
Almost two years later, I finally got the letter.
Case closed. Unfounded.
And it named the complainant.
Another midwife.
Over a thousand miles away.
The letter ended with, “Your response was considered.”
Thanks.
My “response” was defensive and expensive.
No wrongdoing.
No charges.
Just trauma, debt, and a permanent file with my name on it.
That’s what a rumor can do in birth work.
This is bigger than me.
This is the persecution of midwifery.
The persecution between midwives.
And the state’s obsession with controlling who’s “allowed” to support women in their own homes.
This isn’t just politics — it’s constitutional.
& We need federal protection for traditional birth rights.
For the families whose homes are sacred.
For the parents whose autonomy is God-given.
For the midwives who risk everything to preserve that sacred work.
Because if the state can decide who may attend a birth—
the state already owns the body that’s giving birth.
And the powers and principalities know that.
Read on in the comments and tell me your thoughts.
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