From 1990, as a result of a law amendment, midwives could manage pregnancies and births alone. The number of independent midwives grew significantly as a result. Midwife Jenny Johnson helped to deliver Titapu Pairama Lewington not long before the law was amended by Parliament.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/1990/2951a/9
Photograph by Ross Giblin
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