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Rashida Tlaib: “In 2014, a woman giving birth in Detroit was three times more likely to die in childbirth than the rest of the country.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
In 2014, a woman giving birth in Detroit was three times more likely to die in childbirth than the rest of the country.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib highlights alarming maternal mortality rates in Detroit.

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