Amidst an alarming rise in maternal mortality in the U.S., the week aims to raise awareness around racial inequities in maternal health outcomes. Amidst an alarming rise in maternal mortality in the U.S., the week aims to raise awareness around racial inequities in maternal health outcomes.
Abortion-rights and anti-abortion groups are debating the cause of the spike in maternal deaths, which the CDC says are at their highest level since 1965.