Matilda i like to think i know you quite well, and you and i both know that even if there was a risk of going to prison or even dying to help another person out, whether it be a birth or not you will do it!
Helping anyone out with anything these days dominican, haitian or otherwise usually means getting burned in one way or another, but most of us will keep commiting the same mistakes.
I am not saying what you did was right or wrong, but i certainly like to think that most of us dont turn a blind eye and usually jump in from a great height to help someone in need.
I cant say for sure but i think you would rather go to prison for helping and in your heart and soul know you are a good person who helped without thinking of themselves and sleep soundly in your cell than not help and have the death of a child or a mother on your consience and lay in your comfy home wide awake at night.
Your husband is right in theory, but when it comes down to it us girls tend to think less black and white.
You are amazing, kind and have b***s bigger than any man i have ever met in my life! I hope the local community are as grateful to have you in their lives as i am to have you in mine you little warrior!
P.S defo go for some kind of widwife qualification or the equivelent of the first aid courses in the UK (where apparently if you are ever in a situation like that and do not help they can sue you).