Recent testimony focused on how doulas could help improve Indiana's poor infant and maternal mortality rates.

In another step to lower its high maternal death rate, Indiana has joined the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health.

Some 53 black Hoosier moms die for every 100,000 live births. That's on par with the maternal death rate in countries like Iraq and Vietnam.

Many women don't have the resources to receive medical care before and after pregnancy.

Indiana has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, and efforts to find out why are underway. Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the Maternal Mortality Review Committee bill recently.

The proposal would create a committee to review cases and determine cause of death.