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On the recordMay 5, 2021
Black women are three times more likely and indigenous women are more than twice as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as non-Hispanic white women.
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois

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Kelly points out the alarming statistics on maternal mortality among Black and indigenous women.

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