Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America’s certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives in providing high-quality, evidence-based, cost-effective, and essential sexual and reproductive health care services to women and pregnant people.

acknowledges the celebration of National Midwifery Week;

recognizes the roles and the contributions of America’s certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives in providing high-quality, evidence-based, cost-effective, and essential sexual and reproductive health care services to women and pregnant people;

thanks and promotes the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives; and

encourages consumers, hospital administrators, health care professionals, policymakers, and others to become more familiar with the certified nurse-midwife and certified midwife credential and the exceptional people who have earned it and are currently studying to earn it by participating in National Midwifery Week.