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ReviewCureus2025

Abortion Doula Programs Across the United States: A Review of the Current Landscape.

Caroline N Goldfarb, Caryn Dutton, Elizabeth Bastias-Butler, Chloe Zera, Sara Neill, Elysia Larson

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Caroline N GoldfarbObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Caryn DuttonFamily Planning, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Elizabeth Bastias-ButlerClinical Services, DuPont Clinic, Washington, D.C., USA.
Chloe ZeraObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Sara NeillFamily Planning, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Elysia LarsonObstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abortion doulas support patients who are receiving abortion care. Understanding the abortion doula landscape is critical for patients, clinicians, doulas, and those interested in expanding programs for doula support. We aimed to describe the state of US-based abortion doula programs through a mapping review of the grey literature, documenting programs' characteristics from their online presence (websites, Facebook, Instagram, X). We identified 17 active abortion doula programs. In addition, we identified 30 programs which appeared either to be inactive or to not provide abortion support, primarily in states with post-Dobbs abortion bans. Most active abortion doula programs are community-based, volunteer-run, and free for patients. Three doula programs have partnerships with local clinics; three clinics have in-house doula programs. Most train their own doulas. Most US-based abortion doula programs independently provide community-based, no-cost, volunteer doula services.

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abortion careabortion doula landscapeabortion doula programsabortion doulasprogram evaluation

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PMID41631224
PMCPMC12860563

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