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Breanna Reeves
Reporter
Reporter
Breanna Reeves is a reporter in Riverside, California who uses data-driven reporting to cover issues that affect the lives of Black Californians. She is a Report for America Corps member.
Securing the physical, emotional and informational support of doulas.
The state acknowledges doula services as part of the solution to reduce maternal mortality.
Highly valued, proven effective and undercompensated.
Addressing institutional racism in health care.
The quest to stop unnecessary deaths of Black birthing people.
“Don’t be dismissable,” as one doula advises.
The silent crisis is growing louder and louder as reproductive advocates and birth equity activists demand solutions to a decades-old issue.