Historically, societies have long-standing traditions of birth doulas, as lay persons who support the pregnant woman/person during the birthing process, with contemporary studies affirming their positive impact.1 In parallel, abortion doulas have held roles in assisting in abortion.2 The role centres on emotional and social support, with evidence of their impact increasing in the last decade.3–5 While some doulas operate within specific roles, a full-spectrum doula is involved in all reproductive health outcomes.3 While the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges for sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) broadly and in particular abortion services,6–8 it also presented opportunities including abortion doulas working alongside clinical services to complement and be integrated within SRH. In this article we set out the development of abortion doula training in Northern Ireland (NI), within the pandemic context. As co-convenors of the activist organisation Alliance for Choice (AfC), two of the authors (NC and EC) have been supporting abortion seekers in NI for a combined total of 16 years, assisting approximately 700 abortion cases during this time. Providing this …

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在北爱尔兰培训堕胎导乐：来自 COVID-19 的经验教训

在本文中，我们阐述了在大流行背景下北爱尔兰 (NI) 堕胎导乐培训的发展。作为激进组织选择联盟 (AfC) 的联合召集人，两位作者（NC 和 EC）一直在支持 NI 的堕胎寻求者总共 16 年，在此期间协助了大约 700 起堕胎案件。提供这个…