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What do pregnant and parenting teens need?

1/26/2018

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Our society shames and punishes young mothers. We don't make it easy for them to access the support they and their children need.

These young people get caught in a double-bind when they are pregnant. On the one hand they are judged for choosing abortion, but then they're also punished for choosing parenthood.

Instead of feeling shamed, pregnant and parenting adolescents deserve to feel pride, support, confidence, and love. 
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So how do we support these young people and their rights to determine their own reproductive lives? 

How do we promote access to the resources that young people need so they're empowered to choose whether, when, and how to have sex, to end a pregnancy, to carry a pregnancy to term, or to parent? 

How can doulas prepare to serve young people without judgment?
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Melinda Morales, doula and founder of Project Teen Birth, discusses this topic with us in a Full-Spectrum Doula Circle which is now recorded and available to listen to by anyone who's registered for the Full-Spectrum Doula Circles.
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    ​Full-Spectrum Doula Circle

    Doulas traditionally provide
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    non-medical, empowering support for birth. Full-spectrum doulas provide the same kind of support for the
    full spectrum of pregnancy outcomes, including abortion.


    We do this to create a culture of compassion, love, and justice in which all people have the freedom and resources they need to make free choices about their bodies and their families.

    Full-Spectrum Doula Circle connects abortion/full-spectrum doulas and other reproductive support people
    with information, education, and each other, to increase skills, decrease burnout, and deepen our wells of support,
    with an emphasis on providing digital resources to connect doulas who are geographically dispersed.

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