So the problem is caused by the health system, rather than lifestyle factors that may be found among many black women?
The risk of death from pregnancy-related causes is 3-4x higher for Black women than for white women. For far too long, our country has failed to address the persistent biases in our health system, especially when it comes to pregnancies. The Maternal CARE Act would address this.
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Yes because all Black women in the US don’t share the same “lifestyle factors”. Controlling for wealth, education, and access to resources doesn’t change the increased mortality rate
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Yes indeed.
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I didn’t even know that was still a thing in the US. What are the actual numbers - not statistics? How many women are dying? Is there a correlation or something in common? Ex: age ranges, number of births? Geography? Or it is just race?
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Didn’t know this “was still a thing”? There’s dozens of articles about this, including this one about Serena Williams experience (and near death) after her pregnancy. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2018/1/11/16879984/serena-williams-childbirth-scare-black-women …
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All woman at higher risk than in other countries.
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I out of the loop. Can someone explain the biases that currently exist?pic.twitter.com/Io9IGCfdWU
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There's a lot out there if you search for it, but from what I've read it comes down to an intersection of poverty, or the assumption of poverty, and a general dismissal of the suffering of women of color, especially black women.
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Health care is a necessity not a luxury.
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