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Amid abortion debate, clinic asks: Who’s caring for moms?

Dr. Felecia Brown, a midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, left, confers with Kamiko Farris, of Yazoo City, following use of a Doppler probe to measure the heartbeat of her fetus, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A medical assistant pulls down fresh covering on an examination table at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Getty Israel, founder of Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, shows a container of prenatal vitamin and mineral supplements provided to the clinic's patients, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Receptionist Mattie Nichols, right, and Dr. Felecia Brown, a midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, review the morning's appointments on Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Blood collection tubes, a vital signs chart and a variety of monitors are readied for use with the patients at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women by utilizing an integrative and holistic approach to women's health care, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Kamiko Farris, of Yazoo City, Miss., logs in her exercise on a recumbent bike at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A patient speaks with receptionist and office assistant Mattie Nichols, right, at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Getty Israel, founder of Sisters in Birth, walks out of the clinic, in Jackson, Miss., Dec. 17, 2021. Sisters in Birth is a midwifery clinic that provides education and care to pregnant patients. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Dr. Felecia Brown, a midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, left, uses a hand-held Doppler probe on Kamiko Farris, of Yazoo City, to measure the heartbeat of the fetus, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Dr. Felecia Brown, a midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, left, measures the stomach of Kamiko Farris of Yazoo City, Miss., Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Miracle Allen takes a call on her cellphone while waiting to meet with the midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Amid abortion debate, clinic asks: Who’s caring for moms?