Ayanna Pressley
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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.
The Momnibus is a bold and compassionate solution that unequivocally says Black mamas matter.
Birthing while Black should not be a death sentence, and if we believe in health care justice, as we espouse that we do, then we should legislate like it.
Black people are tired of living them, and more accurately, tired of losing loved ones.
As we go into Mother's Day weekend, let us recommit our efforts and support to ensure that every birthing person across this Nation is empowered and feels safe when making that wonderful and exciting decision to become a mother.
If there are instances of universities making it harder, discriminating against people of color to try to get into any type of medical profession, I would gladly join with Chairwoman Maloney in a bipartisan investigation into that.
We know the solutions that our communities need, and I am fighting hard every day in Congress to speak up and stand up to make sure that my colleagues understand what Black women need and what they must have.
Every day Black women die because the system denies our humanity. It denies us patient care.
I think we need greater transparency to know when OPOs are disregarding potential donors simply because of their race.
There's really just--there's not an answer because there's no justifiable answer for this discrimination.
We must confront the racial injustices in our organ transplantation system as a matter of life and death, because it quite literally is.





