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title: "What happens if you encroach on the medical cartel's turf... “It was…"
date: 2020-01-31
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# What happens if you encroach on the medical cartel's turf... “It was…

*January 31, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/arrested-rural-midwife-heads-to-trial-on-95-felony-counts-182148503.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/arrested-rural-midwife-heads-to-trial-on-95-felony-counts-182148503.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb){target="_blank"}
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What happens if you encroach on the medical cartel\'s turf\...\
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"It was just a few nights before Christmas, in 2018, when Elizabeth Catlin --- a trained midwife who had attended the births of several hundred local Mennonite babies over the years --- was arrested at her Penn Yan, N.Y. home and handcuffed in front of her 8-year-old daughter for practicing midwifery without a state license.\
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After waiting an excruciating year, Catlin, whose midwifery certification is recognized in 34 states but not New York, was finally indicted on Dec. 17, 2019. The district attorney handed down a surprisingly multitudinous 95 felony counts. But it was one count, the most serious, that most blindsided Catlin: that of criminally negligent homicide, tied to the death of an infant."
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