it has had such a disastrous effect on her life to the point that she feels that she doesn t trust the medical system any more. she no longer even works in the health care field. so when we think about this, it s notjust about the number of women that are dying. it s about the ripple effects that this creates across generations. trust is such an important word that you just brought up there. i mean, your reporting talks about maternal health care deserts, particularly in the south, and it also speaks about mistrust in the system historically, going back to slavery. tell us more about that. yes, so the very foundation of gynaecology in the united states started in alabama on a slave farm. and it s just this odd circle that we ve found ourselves centuries later in the same spot, the birthplace of gynaecology, that began on literally the testing, the torture of enslaved black women. so for a lot of advocates on the ground, it s frustrating, it s alarming and it s haunting to see that