๐ด๐ฐ๐ซ๐พ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐น๐~ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
ย ๐๐พ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฌ ๐ป๐พ๐ถ ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ป๐ถ ๐ท๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฌ๐ช๐ป ๐ด๐ฐ๐ซ๐พ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐น๐ ๐จ๐ต๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐น๐ป๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฏ ๐ช๐จ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐จ.๐
๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก:
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ซ-๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐.
If this legal fight is not successfully defended, the outcome could establish a precedent for how the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) interprets and enforces its authority over regulated midwifery practice. That could potentially lead to a ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, affecting midwives, collaborating physicians, birth centers, and ultimately the ability of South Carolina families to choose midwifery care.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) has taken actions against midwives and has also begun taking action involving physicians who provide collaboration that help ensure safe midwifery care.
These actions raise important questions about how South Carolina's existing midwifery regulations are being interpreted and enforcedโand what those interpretations could mean for the future of midwifery and birth choices in our state.
ย ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, and because of the significance of the issues involved, among other decisions, it may ultimately reach the ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ.
~This is bigger than one midwife.
~It is about protecting an entire profession.
~It is about protecting the physicians willing to provide appropriate services to our families.
~And it is about protecting the ability of South Carolina families to choose a licensed midwife as part of their birth care.
ย ๐๐พ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ท
PALM โ the ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ is raising funds to help cover the significant legal expenses associated with these fights.
Midwifery regulations are highly specialized, and finding an attorney who understands the complex relationship between ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ, ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ.
Your donation will help provide the legal resources necessary to:
ย โ๏ธ Defend South Carolina midwives
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Support physicians who collaborate with midwives
๐ก Protect access to community birth options
๐ Ensure midwifery regulations are properly understood and applied by professionals in the field
๐ก๏ธ Support ongoing court cases and future legal needs
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
Whether you can give $10, $25, $50, $100, or more, your contribution helps strengthen the ability of South Carolina's midwives and their supporters to have experienced legal representation during this critical time.
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐.
ย ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ.
ย ๐๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.โ
ย ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐, ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌโฆ
๐ย ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌโฆ
๐ย ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐โฆ
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ. ย DONATE HERE: https://www.palmettomidwives.org/donate
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A central question in this appeal is whether DPH erred by bypassing the Midwifery Advisory Council (MAC) before revoking licenses and issuing citations.
The MAC exists within the regulations to ensure oversight is grounded in actual Midwifery Standards of Care (MSC). While DPH isn't changing the regulations on paper, they are misinterpreting and misapplying them in practice. This case is so important because a higher court ruling will help enforce DPH's legal obligation to follow due process and respect expert council recommendations.
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