I guess from your comment that you did not read the history.
In the 1950's, laws were passed in TN and TX making the practice of Naturopathy illegal, after the AMA went on a lobbying spree to discredit all forms of medicine that were different from theirs. That is also when suddenly it became normal for women to give birth in hospitals instead of at home, and doctors became the ones in charge, instead of midwives. There was an aggressive campaign to discredit midwives as well as naturopaths.
The bill on offer is to DEcriminalize naturopathy, to change a law that has stood since the 1950's.
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Date: 2009-06-27 05:45 am (UTC)In the 1950's, laws were passed in TN and TX making the practice of Naturopathy illegal, after the AMA went on a lobbying spree to discredit all forms of medicine that were different from theirs. That is also when suddenly it became normal for women to give birth in hospitals instead of at home, and doctors became the ones in charge, instead of midwives. There was an aggressive campaign to discredit midwives as well as naturopaths.
The bill on offer is to DEcriminalize naturopathy, to change a law that has stood since the 1950's.