Expanding Access to Doula Care: Best Practices for State Legislation [mhtf.org]
By Sarah Hodin Krinsky and Christina Gebel, Maternal Health Task Force, May 31, 2021 Much has happened since we wrote the first blog in this series, Expanding Access to Doula Care: State of the Union in January 2020—not only regarding policy, but also the maternal newborn health landscape more generally. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020, we started seeing and hearing about hospitals across the country banning doulas from supporting clients during birth. In some cases,...