Across California, midwives and doulas are working to increase access to their services to more Black and brown women. Organizations are also raising awareness about the options people have to welcome a child into the world.
Some “women of color are unaware that there’s another way to be in your pregnancy, labor and birth, and postpartum than what’s generally done and prescribed,” said Laura Perez, who works in San Francisco. “You can’t have access to something if you don’t know it exists.”
How Midwives and Doulas Are Working to End Birth Disparities was first posted on January 4, 2022 at 3:15 pm.
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How Midwives and Doulas Are Working to End Birth Disparities was first posted on January 4, 2022 at 3:15 pm.
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