In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they've seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas.
offers free online classes for aspiring abortion doulas. Those sessions used to have 20 signups at most, according to board member Kat Lewis. Now they have 40.
"The doula might be the only person that that person has told that they're doing this ... That's a big responsibility," Williams says."So we really want to approach our work with so much care." " holding space — being there so that they can bring something up if they want to talk about it. But also there are no expectations that you have to talk about it if you don't want to," Overman says.
Overman makes sure her clients know what to expect from the procedure, like how much bleeding is normal after either a surgical or medication abortion.
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