maternal death
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Virtual Community Provides Support to Expectant Moms of Color
Spora Mommas provides resources and community to help Black moms get the most out of their pregnancy journey
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Alabama Artist Honors Enslaved Women Subjected to Medical Experimentation
Mothers of Gynecology statue pays tribute to enslaved Black women who endured painful medical procedures
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Days After Giving Birth to a Healthy Baby Girl, Remy Ma Required Emergency Surgery
It should be one of the happiest moments in rapper and reality star Remy Ma’s and husband Papoose’s lives, but it has now possibly become one of the scariest. In a scenario that has become terrifyingly familiar, on Wednesday, TMZ reported that Remy suffered complications from giving birth in the days following delivery of their…
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Do You Know Someone Who Died or Nearly Died in Childbirth? Help Us Investigate Maternal Health
By many measures, the United States has become the most dangerous industrialized nation in which to give birth. For black women, the risks are particularly high. Black mothers are three to four times more likely than white mothers to die from pregnancy and childbirth. They’re twice as likely to nearly die from complications such as…
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#Justice4Kyira Means Justice for Black Mothers Everywhere
Kyira Dixon Johnson’s story is one of the thousands, if not millions, of black mothers who have died because of the history of an inadequate health care system in this country. She is one of too many black mothers who have died because of this country’s legacy of structural racism. Kyira Johnson, affectionately called Kira…