Many birthing people find that one of the benefits of hiring an independent doula is that the doula can team up with other family members (such as the partner) to help you push and give birth in upright positions (whether you have an epidural or not). To read the evidence on doulas, ...
Over the last decade, states have enacted a variety of restrictive abortion policies at a rapidly increasing rate [1,2,3]. Since 2011, nearly 500 abortion restrictions have been enacted in states around the U. S [4], increasing the hostility of state environments towards abortion access. Acco...