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Advocates: Doulas could lower Indiana's pregnancy-related deaths

Abigail Ruhman

In its review of pregnancy-related deaths in 2020, the Indiana Maternal Mortality Review Committee found 77.8 percent of them were preventable.
Doulas can improve maternal outcomes. Are efforts to expand access working in Indiana?

Sara Wittmeyer

Indiana lawmakers recognize that doulas can improve maternal outcomes. So, they passed new laws and dispensed millions of dollars in grants to expand access to doula services with no real progress.