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Talitha Phillips was introduced to Claris Health as a client who witnessed the organization’s life-changing work firsthand. She has now served as the chief executive officer of Claris for 21 years and is in charge of vision casting, leadership, organizational development, strategy and fundraising. Talitha holds a B.A. in organizational communication from Pepperdine University and is a certified labor and postpartum doula.

The umbrella term “crisis pregnancy center” can refer to two grandmas handing out blankets and advice, or to a true medical clinic, writes Melinda Henneberger | Opinion

Leah Morales, an operations manager in New York City, is one of those people. She had just found out she was pregnant when the pandemic took a terrible toll on her company, by whom she was previously insured. “We were told they could no longer insure us, and had to cut all full-time employees’ salaries and hours more than half,” she says. “So here I was, newly pregnant and uninsured.” (And having just taken a pay-cut.) Morales spent a month without insurance, eventually applying for Medicaid via New York State. What she didn’t realize, however, was that there are limited options i...

‘Zoom doulas’ are a pandemic trend for pregnant women TODAY 3 hrs ago Rachel Sokol Long before she got pregnant or became a mom, Safiya Barclay knew she wanted the support of a doula, a nonmedical professional who coaches parents through pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period. “Being an African American woman, I was always frightened of the thought of not getting the proper attention and care at the hospital,” recalled Barclay, 36, of West Palm Beach, Florida. Barclay got her wish: she relied heavily on the support of a local doula named Averjill Rookwood when sh...