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April 16, 2021 | By: MNS
Black women in Missouri are four times as likely to die during childbirth than white women, and reproductive-justice advocates want people to know many pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.
April Mickens Jolly, vice president of health equity and culture for Planned Parenthood, said reasons for the racial disparities range from lack of access to high-quality medical care in many communities of color, to implicit bias and racism. She argued Black women need to have the same access to resources necessary to build strong families.
She noted in Missouri, four in five pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.KXCV-KRNW
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