Diane Goslin received a cease and desist order from the state of Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine in August, 2007. She is being charged with practicing medicine and midwifery without a license.
Diane Goslin received her cease and desist order due to the death of an Amish baby that she delivered in 2005, despite the fact that the county coroner determined that the death was not her fault.
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A rally was held on her behalf on April 9, 2008. Hundreds of Amish were present who support the custom of midwifery as an alternative to hospital births.
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As a certified professional midwife, Diane Goslin does not have the degrees required by the state of Pennsylvania in order to practice midwifery. In the United States, 22 states allow a certified professional midwife to practice without obtaining a nursing degree. New Jersey is included.
Pennsylvania is one of the many states that require midwives to obtain nursing degrees and work in collaboration with obstetricians or other kind of physicians. This requirement is in place in an attempt to prevent serious birth injuries and birth trauma.
Because of the serious risk involved in delivering a child, nurse-midwives are subject to the same restrictions as obstetricians.
Birth injury attorneys are working on cases in which serious trauma during birth has resulted in life-long disability or death.
