Stacker compiled data from state maternal mortality review committees and the CDC to examine how pregnancy-related death disproportionately impacts Black people.
Stacker compiled data from state maternal mortality review committees and the CDC to examine how pregnancy-related death disproportionately impacts Black people.
By themselves, these numbers are disgraceful. Combine them with the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, and four-alarm-fire bells should be ringing.
April Valentine died at Centinela Hospital. Her daughter was born by emergency C-section. She'd gone into the pregnancy with a plan, knowing Black mothers like herself were at higher risk.