When a private equity firm closed Seasons Midwifery and Birth Center in Thornton, Colorado, in October, the state lost one of its few non-hospital birthing centers and 53 families with pregnancy due dates in November and December were left scrambling to find providers.
Colorado bill aims to improve maternal health care
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Monday, April 19, 2021 8:29 PM Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to improve maternal health for minority women, as the U.S. recognizes Black Maternal Health Week. The bill passed the Senate Health & Human Services on April 14. Associated Press file
Colorado bill aims to improve maternal health care Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to improve maternal health for minority women, as the U.S. recognizes Black Maternal Health Week. The bill passed the Senate Health & Human Services on April 14.
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DENVER Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to improve maternal health aimed at bettering pregnancy outcomes for minority women, as the U.S. recognizes Black Maternal Health Week.
About 700 women across the country die annually from complications during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum. Black and Indigenous women are about three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as White women, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“I call on all Americans to recognize the importance of addressing the crisis of Black maternal mortality and morbidity in this country,” Biden said in a proclamation Tuesday, announcing April 11 through April 17, 2021, as Black Maternal Health Week.