by Erin Backus | Jul 26, 2019 | News
Taylor Allen | WHYY Listen 1:16 Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from complications in childbirth than white women. It is estimated, however, that up to 60% of those complications — things like preeclampsia, fibroids, postpartum...
by Erin Backus | Jul 20, 2019 | News
Jazmine Ulloa | The Los Angeles Times California saw a decrease in the number of women who died giving birth in 2013, as the maternal mortality rate climbed across the country, according to state officials. But expectant black mothers across the state are still three...
by Erin Backus | Jul 14, 2019 | News
Aneri Pattani | The Philadelphia Inquirer This story is a collaboration between The Inquirer and WHYY Health + Science. Portia Smith’s most vivid memories of her daughter Nelly’s first year are of tears. Not the baby’s. Her own. “I would just hold her and cry all...
by Erin Backus | Jul 2, 2019 | News
Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Cory Booker, follows a CDC report revealing that black and Native American women are three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes. A group of congressional Democrats on...
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