(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Sen. Britnee Timberlake, a mother of four, to an all-male legislative panel: 'How many of you have dilated 10 centimeters?'
(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Sen. Britnee Timberlake, a mother of four, to an all-male legislative panel: 'How many of you have dilated 10 centimeters?'

We must increase Medicaid recipients’ access to doulas, remove barriers to birth centers and grant midwives full practice authority
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Decades after NJ was among first states with graduate-level midwifery training, options expand for students
(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Advocates, lawmakers look to change NJ’s rules to allow for more births outside hospital setting

Interview: New Jersey's first lady Tammy Murphy