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By India Espy-Jones ·Updated April 10, 2024
According to the CDC, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. While data from California found the richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers and their babies. In 2022, Serena Williams wrote an article for ELLE detailing her birth experience. “Being heard and appropriately treated was the
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