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This is a conversation we must not stop having. We want healthy Mamas and healthy babies & the medical system better wake up to its inadequacies and bias.

At one point, post natal hospital mortality rates by race was published by some states. It became a deciding factor for women when it came to choosing hospitals for delivery. We need to put pressure on state legislators to make the dissemination of this information public again. Period.

Constance Hilliard PhD makes a strong case in “Ancestral Genomics” that US descendants of African slaves have a higher genetic risk of preeclampsia and other problems. They should all be screened to inform prevention and treatment. 🛟🩺☠️🧪🧂

This should not happen in America!

These assumptions come from the history of slavery and were never dismantled. In healthcare they lead to delayed action and missed signals, sometimes fatal. State this from first contact: I am a Black woman. I feel the same pain as other women. I am not a different kind. Politeness can cost lives.

Black women don't die in African countries and putting to birth, why is their death rate in America high during or after child bearing?

This is sad

And in 2017, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Shalon Irving died from preventable postpartum complications too. drshalonsmap.org www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/568...

This is terrible! 😢 Everyone should be treated equally! PERIOD! 🤬😡🤬

I'm sure being black probably contributed to her death, but let's not forget she appears to be overweight. Overweight women are at a higher risk of preeclampsia. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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