The ethics of midwifery is an important part of this profession. Midwives, like other health professionals, face a number of ethical issues in their daily practice. Their relationship with the pregnant woman, mother and child, midwife and gynecological patient is very complex and therefore it is important that they possess the skills and knowledge for professional conduct and ethical action. The approach to bioethical issues today is multidisciplinary, special attention in perinatal medicine, gynecology and obstetrics is not left only to health professionals, but it includes the patient and her family, and special attention is paid to fetal rights. Ethical education of midwives in Croatia takes place at the formal level in secondary schools and undergraduate and graduate level of study, while non-formal education takes place through courses, independent education, discussions or similar, and also it is part of continuing education in the form of a mandatory lecture every six years. The topic of ethical education of midwives raises a number of questions. To what extent is this education actually represented, what is its quality, is it sufficient in the proportion in which it is conducted and are there needs for more concrete guidelines for bioethical education of midwives. The aim of this thesis is to emphasize the importance of advocating in the field of ethical education of midwives with the aim of achieving greater ethical competence and preventing the marginalization of the profession. Organized advancement and more intensive commitment to the areas of ethics in midwifery is also important for the purpose of gaining autonomy, establishing a stronger identity of the profession and consequently greater professionalization of the profession.