Is There Any Legitimate Authority to Designate Birth Workers?

Lisa, one of the mothers whose babies died was actively paying Yolanda and Emily for birth coaching. She's mentions getting Facebook messages from Saldia makes me think that she was. The idea that governments could ever have the legitimate jurisdiction to designate birth workers or license birth work in any capacity should be preposterous and outrageous to everyone. So many women especially have accepted and even welcomed the appropriation of midwife rebuy the patriarchal false authority of the official institutions.