As Certified Professional Midwives, licensed to practice in Virginia, our current laws are outdated and not in line with our Job Description, according to our certifying body, NARM.  It is of utmost importance for LM's to practice to their full scope as a matter of public safety and to decrease the burden on already overwhelmed healthcare facilities.  During this current pandemic, midwives have helped relieve some of the burden on hospitals by increasing the number of community births attended.  We can continue to do so and with an increase in reducing this burden with access to life-saving medications for birthing folks and their newborns, some of which are required by law but yet we cannot have access to them.  We are not asking for prescriptive privileges, just the ability to carry and administer the needed medications to help keep families safe and within our Job Description and professional training.