Dangers and deaths around Black pregnancies seen as a 'completely preventable' health crisis – @theGrio https://t.co/geZl1Pabnj
— Kenya Evelyn (@LiveFromKenya) August 25, 2023
In Opinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 16, 2023
“In the United States, we have a health care system that does not serve all populations equitably. Black women are more likely to bear the brunt of structural factors that limit access to care,” writes @NOLAobgyn. https://t.co/J36Y4mr954
U.S. maternal mortality rates are startlingly high, nearly doubling from 2018 to 2021 to 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to CDC data.
— Axios (@axios) August 24, 2023
For non-Hispanic Black women, the rate was far higher, at 69.9 deaths per 100,000 births in 2021. https://t.co/xdZNgMzu1G
As we remember Tori Bowie on what would have been her 33rd birthday this weekend, we must work to build safer, healthier, and more supportive environments for birthing people – especially those from historically vulnerable communities – to live and thrive. https://t.co/sivfbo98ah
— The Leadership Conference (@civilrightsorg) August 24, 2023
“I think it’s only going to be worsened by the Dobbs decision…that’s only going to exacerbate the inequities…as well as mortality.”
— EMILYs List (@emilyslist) August 26, 2023
Across America, doctors are grappling with the impacts of abortion bans on their patients. Read more 👇https://t.co/wHAvDHmpiR
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”By @deldeib.bsky.social(Published Dec. 2022)
— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2024-12-27T03:00:01.460Z
*The NIH-grant cancellation in late March followed the release of data from the CDC revealing that Black women were the only race or ethnic group who didn’t experience a decline in deaths from pregnancy related causes in 2023."
— Soraya Nadia McDonald (@sorayanadiamcdonald.com) 2025-08-02T19:05:46.051Z
Sad! 