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WV Sees Alarming Black Infant Maternal Mortality Rates / Public News Service

In West Virginia, babies of Black mothers are dying at higher rates in childbirth compared to white infants - and experts say the lack of access to healthcare for people of color is likely driving those numbers. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state s white infant mortality rate was 6.8 deaths per 1,000 births - while the Black infant mortality rate was more than 13 deaths per 1,000 births. The figures are from 2014 to 2017, but Health Policy Analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Rhonda Rogombe called them "alarming." "All the data has shown that even when controlling for different pieces - like race, controlling for income, educational attainment, all these different factors," said Rogombe, "Black folks are still experiencing these disparities at a much higher rate." According to a report by the Center, in 2019, the uninsured rate among Black Wes

ACLU of Iowa Critical of Reynolds Special Session on Abortion / Public News Service

Gov. Kim Reynolds has called the Iowa Legislature back to Des Moines for a special session tomorrow to focus solely on abortion policy. The Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled not to declare abortion illegal as early as six weeks of pregnancy. .

ACLU Vows to Block Abortion Restrictions; Reynolds: Fight not Over

ACLU Vows to Block Abortion Restrictions Reynolds Fight not Over / Public News Service

Civil liberties advocates in Iowa are vowing to fend off any new legislation to restrict abortion in the state. The Iowa Supreme Court recently upheld a rule blocking a ban on abortions at six weeks of pregnancy. When the state s high court deadlocked 3-to-3 on overturning the six-week ban, it upheld a 2018 state law leaving abortion legal through about 20 weeks. .

ACLU vows to block abortion restrictions, but Iowa s Governor says The fight is not over

ACLU vows to block abortion restrictions, but Iowa s Governor says The fight is not over
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