Midwives law barred: violates Missouri Constitution, physician groups say

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 | 1:49 p.m. CDT; updated 6:11 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY — A judge temporarily barred a new law Tuesday that would let some lay midwives deliver babies in Missouri without the threat of criminal charges and prison sentences.

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