Article 524F1 During a Global Health Pandemic, It's More Important Than Ever to Protect Black Mothers

During a Global Health Pandemic, It's More Important Than Ever to Protect Black Mothers

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Anne Branigin on The Glow Up, shared by Anne Brani
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Despite its status as a "developed" nation, about 700 women will die each year from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth in the U.S.-more than any of its peers. Of that number, a disproportionately high number are black women-from 2007 to 2016, black mothers died at a rate of 3.2 times that of white"

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