Giving birth in the U.S. remains a fraught experience for Black women, who continue to face bias, discrimination, and suboptimal prenatal and maternity care that is killing them at twice to three times the rate of white pregnant women. In this New York Times story, Roni Caryn Rabin delves into the reasons why Black women are more likely to have worse pregnancy outcomes because of long-standing biases and prejudices embedded in our medical and social systems, and how some health centers are attempting to address these discrepancies with specialized training. |
