In Arizona, Birth Workers Of Color Fight For More Access

Lakisa Muhammad with her husband, Dewayne, and children Yasina, 17, Hassana, 13, and Amir, 17, in their garden at home in Maricopa, Ariz.

As the state weighs legislation that could help expand access to doulas for expecting mothers, birth workers from minority communities worry new standards could leave them on the outside looking in.

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