“Wrap around the family”: Doulas, community health workers push Texas to cover more services for pregnant women

Vanna Waldron, left, evaluates Erika Piñon at the Holy Family Birthing Center in Weslaco, Texas. (Credit: Reynaldo Leal for The Texas Tribune)

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For Darline Turner’s clients, the hardest part of having a healthy pregnancy isn’t getting a doctor or designing a birth plan. It’s finding safe housing, getting enough food on the table or figuring out transportation to and from their appointments.