Midwifery embraces the reproductive rights of women and instead of limiting the decisions that mothers should be able to make when it comes to their birthing experience, they open up the doors to many options available to the mother without the use of medical interventions. Unlike doctors in hospitals, midwives provide extensive one-on-one health care education and counseling, as well as engage in shared decision-making with their clients and patients. The decision to determine when, where and how a child is brought into this world is not one that many mothers get to experience unless a midwife is chosen due to the lack of knowledge of women’s rights. Childbearing women frequently are not aware of their legal right to make health care choices
