Sandy Glenn, LM MBC

Midwives Fight Back: A historic stand at the South Carolina Statehouse. 🏛️ The recent legal battle between South Carolina midwives and the Department of Public Health (DPH) has taken a significant turn. Following a contentious session in the South Carolina Administrative Law Court (SCALC), the Ethics, Competency, and Performance Committee (ECPC) has officially moved to intervene. This case, which began as a trial against an individual midwife, has evolved into a high-stakes defense of...

Shiphrah and Alethia (literally means "truth" or "unconcealment": Icons of the midwifery tradition. Their stories remind us that midwives have always functioned outside of state control to prioritize the safety and rights of families. We continue this mission by preserving home birth access and honoring the natural birth process. 👣 "And the Creator breathed life into mankind and saw that it was good." That first breath marks a sacred threshold, a space midwives have protected since the dawn...

SC Midwifery Crisis Deepens: 15% of Workforce Targeted as State Rescinds Access to Trusted Backup Care COLUMBIA, SC — April 6, 2026 — The Midwifery Advisory Council’s (MAC) Ethics, Competency and Performance Committee (ECPC) has released a supplemental report exposing systemic administrative overreach by the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH). The state’s sudden move to retroactively rescind long-standing Provider Wide Exceptions (PWEs) has created a critical care gap,...