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The State of Indiana recently legalized certified direct entry midwifery. Surely the new law, championed as a “huge step forward for families in Indiana” and the product of decades of lobbying efforts, would not merely maintain the status quo. Surely the new law, aimed to bring together two historically disparate groups, would not promote a greater resentment of one another. Surely the new law would not deprive Hoosier women of their United States Constitutional right to privacy or to the free exercise of their religion. Yet, the language of the new midwifery statute produces these results that surely no law should produce. Behind the portrayal of this law as a giant leap for midwife accessibility in Indiana, however, is the strong likelihood that very few aspiring midwives will be able to comply with the requirements needed to practice legally in the State of Indiana. Two provisions, in particular, will produce an unworkable statute: the

Indiana's Midwifery Statute and the Legal Barriers That Will Render It Unworkable