New Jersey’s 19th-century midwife laws on track for review, update

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 884

Last Updated: 12 hours, 52 minutes ago

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This article first appeared in New Jersey Monitor, a nonprofit content-sharing partner of NJ Spotlight News.

A proposal to modernize New Jersey’s 19th-century midwifery laws and give practitioners more say over their work passed a legislative panel Monday, three years after it was introduced.

The Senate Commerce Committee approved the bill to create a state midwifery board to oversee licensing and credentialing of these professionals with three Democratic votes alone. Sen. Jon Bramnick …

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