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Yvette Clarke: “Currently, the U.S. ranks as the worst place in the developed world on maternal mortality, and Black women are 2.5 times…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2021
Currently, the U.S. ranks as the worst place in the developed world on maternal mortality, and Black women are 2.5 times more likely to die due to childbirth complications than White women.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke highlights the severe maternal health disparities in the U.S.

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