04/09/2018
https://www.congress.gov...
"Black women today are three to four times more likely to die of pregnancy or delivery complications than white women."
"Most alarmingly, profound racial disparities exist in these statistics."
"In 2018, the United States of America has the highest rate of maternal deaths in the developed world."
"Every single year we mourn roughly 700 mothers who are lost to complications during their pregnancy, and at least 350 of those deaths are preventable."