Dear Home Birth and Midwifery Supporters,
THIS WEEK WE INTEND TO CALL SB3712, THE HOME BIRTH SAFETY ACT, FOR A VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR!! The vote will likely be Tuesday.
This is probably the last day you have to call your Representative in support of SB3712, The Home Birth Safety Act!
There are 24 Representatives whose votes are unknown and 15 Representatives who are Likely Yes/Maybe. We must reach these legislators and find out their intentions. PLEASE HELP US REACH THESE REPS!
We need Illinois residents to call their representative AT THEIR SPRINGFIELD OFFICE.
Because districts overlap into certain areas, to help people verify their rep, have them go to http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/DistrictOfficialSearchByAddress.aspx
When they contact their legislators via email or phone, we need them to simply say:
“I live in your district. I believe that regulation of home birth midwives will make home birth safer for mothers and babies and I want Rep. ____ to vote Yes on this bill. Can you please tell me how you will vote for the Home Birth Safety Act, SB3712, when it is called for a vote this week?”
If they get a secretary or aide who is discouraging about the possibility of the bill being called, they should just say “yes, I understand, but IF the bill gets called, what will the Representative’s vote be?”