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“There’s structural racism within the healthcare system,” says Kira Kimball, a certified doula. “Those are things that need to be addressed before we can see improvement.”
“There’s already knowledge of increased numbers and increased likelihood of dying during childbirth or having serious complications during pregnancy and following pregnancy. When you throw COVID on top of it, it made that [fear] even higher.”