'Most clinics where abortions are done don’t allow us in,' one doula said. “If I can’t be in there, how can I help?”
offer pregnant people guidance and education, as well as physical and emotional support through childbirth.Many doulas are “full-spectrum” like Kolb. This work includes “the whole birth journey,” she said: pregnancy, birth, miscarriage, bereavement over fetal loss, post-partum issues, and abortion.
Beyond COVID-19, abortion doulas say, other factors are keeping them out of clinics. “It’s a charged atmosphere right now,” Bloom said.Roe v. Wade Many abortion doulas don’t get paid, believing the work is important enough to volunteer their time. These doulas often live off their earnings from performing birthing doula work, which can bring in $800 to $1,500 per person, or from doing post-partum doula jobs that can garner $30 to $40 an hour, Kolb said. She left a biopharmaceutical job to become a doula in 2015.
receive oral medication to terminate a pregnancy, according to president and CEO Dayle Steinberg. The rest undergo surgical abortion procedures.
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