Racism in health care
Even in less vulnerable areas, Black women were at higher risk of maternal mortality than white women who lived in more vulnerable locations, the study found. https://t.co/Mx5YRRsvfU
— Axios (@axios) April 10, 2023
Killing the Black body: A new study shows that childbirth is deadlier for even wealthy Black families. via @NYTimes https://t.co/3zyKK6WXeH
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) February 12, 2023
Thank you @EricaLG for this important @nytimes piece on a St. Louis doula program, part of a nonprofit that received funding in the $1.7 trillion federal budget bill, by focusing on a benefit largely associated with affluent white women.https://t.co/HNxOa8qTtI
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) January 19, 2023
After years of anti-choicers keening about abortion being Black genocide, it turns out abortion bans are Black genocide. https://t.co/ZSverepGYZ
— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) January 11, 2023
Sobering new data from the last few years showing the U.S. maternal mortality rate continues to exceed that of other high-income countries.
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) December 4, 2022
This horrifyingly high rate is driven especially by the deaths of Black birthing people. pic.twitter.com/KPPAq0uywK
NEW: Reporter @deldeib of @propublica has been writing about stillbirths all this year. Here's her latest, on how racial disparities touch this part of America's healthcare system.
— Steve Mills (@smmills1960) December 27, 2022
Tough, sensitive reporting and lovely writing.https://t.co/9DlCV3ZX2q
If wealthy Black moms are dying in childbirth when they can afford the best of care, I don't want to think about the fate of middle class & low income Black mothers. Having a child is the most natural part of the human experience. It shouldn't be a death sentence for Black women https://t.co/5wsdFjD9pK
— Ameshia Cross (@AmeshiaCross) February 6, 2023
Sad! 