Grassroots Advocacy
Grassroots Advocacy
Grassroots action by ACNM members makes a critical difference to our public policy efforts. Your involvement matters!
The Advocacy and Government Affairs department is committed to helping affiliates achieve their advocacy goals. Examples of support that we can provide include, but are not limited to:
- Writing letters of support or opposition in response to proposed legislation and regulation
- Communicating national policy on issues
- Developing talking points
- Compiling aggregate data to demonstrate trends
Visit ACNM’s Grassroots Action Center to engage in ACNM’s current grassroots campaigns! The Center allows members and midwifery advocates to quickly and easily contact their legislators regarding pending legislation at the state and federal level that is of importance to the midwifery profession.
Federal Maternal Health-related Legislation
Please note that this is NOT an exhaustive list.
Sign-On Advocacy Letters
- ACNM Joins AANP Statement Rebuking Bloomberg Article - August 2024
- Stakeholder Letter of Support for ICAN Act to House E&C and W&M Committees - June 2023
- Stakeholder Letter of Support for Midwives for MOMS Reintroduction - June 2023
- Stakeholder Letter of Support to House E&C Committee on MOMS Act - July 2022
- ACNM Joins Statement of Endorsement to Rescind Trump Era Title X Changes
News & Releases
Issue Briefs & Fact Sheets
- CNM, CM, & CPM Comparison Chart (May 2023)
- Essential Facts About Midwives
- BABIES ACT Fact Sheet (2021)
- Midwives for Moms Fact Sheet (2021)
- CMS Strong Start Finding Issue Brief (2018)
- CNM and MAT Background and Issue Brief (2018)
- ACNM Issue Brief on CNM Rx Authority for MAT (2018)
- Preventing Maternal Deaths Act Issue Brief (2017)
- Transforming Maternity Care Slide Deck - June 2023
- Midwives for MOMS Act Reintroduced in Congress - June 2023
- Black Maternal Momnibus Act is Reintroduced in Congress - May 2023
- HHS Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality Recommendations - August 2021
- FY 2022 House Labor, HHS Appropriations Report - July 2021
- FY 2022 Medicare PFS Proposed CNM MIPS Measures - July 2021
- Midwives for MOMS Policy Brief - April 2021
