Independent Midwives Association: Scream for the Babies that Don't!

Scream for the Babies that Don't is a campaign meant to raise awareness on the fact that in Romania, midwives still don't have a legal status to profess as midwives. The midwife job has been abolished during communism when communists accused them of illegal abortions. Nowadays, Romania ranks first in the stillbirths top in Europe, yet, midwives, after years spent in a medical university are still professing as nurses and can't monitor a pregnancy without a doctor. If their legal status would change, more pregnancies, especially in the rural areas, would be monitored and tragedies prevented. The campaign generated public pressure and the topic was put on the Parliament priority list. Groups of discussion around the law have been created for the first time after many years. Agency: Jazz, Bucharest