In the U.S., Black women are three times more likely to die as a result of their pregnancy. It is unacceptable that in this country we are losing mothers and their babies to deaths that could have been prevented with the right interventions and health care.
Dick Durbin: “In the U.S., Black women are three times more likely to die as a result of their pregnancy. It is unacceptable that in…”
On the recordSeptember 25, 2026
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Discussing maternal mortality among Black women.
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