My prediction...

My prediction regarding the midwife bill is that it will not make it out of the Utah Senate - either because it won't get enough votes or because they will run out of time. At the end of yesterday's Senate session they sent all of the senate bills that were on the 2nd reading calendar back to the senate rules committee to prioritize them. The legislative session ends 2 weeks from today and they are needing to cut back on the bills they consider and deal with those that are before them now (especially those that have been passed and sent over from the house of representatives).

On a similar note, there was an excellent editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune this morning that was written by their editorial board. It basically said that they think Sen. Dayton is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist by proposing this bill.

Here's a link to the editorial if you would like to read it:
The midwife way: Current home-birth regulations are sufficient

Also, there was an article in the paper the other day where Sen. Dayton said that she specifically requested that the midwife bill be assigned to her committee instead of the Health & Human Services committee so that it could progress more quickly...