For a long time that was true up here in upstate New York . Then there are those trained midwives who prefer to stay under the radar even where there are doctors who would work with them because the limits on what they can do as midwives ( no breech deliveries , no delivery past 41 weeks , etc . ) are so restrictive . The potential effects of all this on home birth midwives - and therefore the availability of home birth for most of us who would n't want to go unattended - is pretty scary . Brett Singer asked in his post about the Florida convictions a couple days ago whether someone could be prosecuted for an illegal home birth even if nothing goes wrong . Sadly the answer is yes . There is a case in Connecticut like that right now .

Question: What may be the reason of someone being prosecuted for a home birth ?
Answer: Something bad happened to mom and baby .The right precautions were taken .A person delivered without a medical license .The person did not show up to deliver the baby .