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Alma Adams: 60 percent of maternal deaths are preventable.

On the recordMay 5, 2021
60 percent of maternal deaths are preventable.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

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Adams emphasizes the preventable nature of many maternal deaths.

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