Disturbing history of negative health outcomes for Black pregnant women, study reveals

USA: Most expensive healthcare and highest mother mortality rate.

What about pregnant Asian men?

Majority of black baby's aborted that's negative that's true racism.

guess if black people only go to black barbers…. black patients need to find black doctors too..

We must continue to advocate for equal access to healthcare. This is crucial, as some women are hours from their nearest hospital or clinic. This can mean that some women go without seeing a doctor or are unable due to transportation or physical distance *literally*. This could be during pregnancy and after birth. These are the hardest times for women and postpartum depression and medical complications are no joke!! Black women deserve and have a right to access these resources and be treated with dignity and respect. There also needs to be an increase in education in why access to resources like this ARE important and needed. We need to work together to bring resources to communities in need. Thank you for bringing light to this topic. Especially when mentioning the difference in care while in the same institution. Please continue the conversation. The maternal mortality rate for black women in the US is alarming and needs to be brought to attention of everyone.

This is why it sucks being white, you're more likely to be racist than other races.

(This comment is white man approve, so the rest of you can calm down.)

Nice to see that education has no factor in general service. That people will see such biases and prejudice no matter what their income levels are. It's almost as if we do need such classes as critical race theory. To teach the world of both tolerances and harmony. Next to civil rights idk what else there is to do besides dismantle the Republican party cos they do have a majority of influence and say on such matters.

Find a black OBGYN. At this point, that's the best advice you can get that'll likely save you & your baby's life

Isn't that Kameelah from The Real World (MTV)???

Finally someone willing to admit it! Black people go to same hospitals and doctors as the rich white people and get treated less than human.

I was pregnant with my first child. I had severe pain and cramping. I could barely walk. The white lady obgyn treated me like trash. She literally said, "you have to go we are busy and there's nothing wrong with you". A few hours later I was back in the ER. I had a placental abruption and I was 10 centimeters dilated at 30 weeks. Thank god my son and I survived. I often think about that though and know that doctor did not give a blip about me or my baby. She didn't even bother to check me. Literally held the door open while tapping her foot.

Despite me not stressing myself that much I was still able to earn some good amount online from Maskoffaid they are so awesome

I would need to see a study of this in other countries with similar income rates.

And there are people who would have us believe that we live in a post-racial society. Scientific studies tell you all that you need to know.

Wish they would have used a youthful woman to try to make their point and not a 41 yr old pregnant person

Well, that’s because of things conducted on black people in the US from experiments, sterilizations, ignoring their health concerns when they try to seek medical advice etc. Recently, someone blew the whistle on them doing the same thing to Hispanic women coming across the border that were detained and forced sterilization without consent or their acknowledgment. Plus, that doesn’t account for the world’s population. White women in the US recently had the lowest birth rate in which prompted the reversal Roe V Wade. Most importantly, for all women, can we talk about the effects of the 💉🫢

This was taught to be in health class when I was a preteen in the late 2000s. The fact we’re still having to deal with the fact black womens concerns is disturbing.

I saw this somewhere. If a doc refuses to run a test, have them write that they refused in your chart. They'll run the test every time.

Is she even a real doctor? Because of racism? Who wants to bet she got her job because of affirmative action. This is bias reporting. The reason seems to be because the black women don't listen to their doctors and do whatever they want.

These problems are known to the AfAm community. It is one thing to tell the story, some are conditioned so much to anti-humanity norms this story may get few views and does it matter without a discussion about strategy and solutions? Otherwise, it is just another highlight on how racism has destroyed the fabric of all of us, even those who vow to do no harm.

Perhaps its time to open hospitals that take black women seriously because the existing ones are not understanding the brief.

During 2007-2016 the CDC reported that Black and Native American Women had 100,000 maternal deaths compared to White, Hispanic, and Asian women. To put this more into perspective black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy cause than white women. This has been shown to be due to unconscious bias by healthcare professionals. Many people ask if it’s unconscious how do we fix it if we don’t know it’s there. One of the first steps many people take is to make it conscious realize bias that are had and work against it. There are many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion classes now that can help with this. Not all classes are perfect but taking a class or educating ourselves towards disparities in healthcare is a start towards stopping some of these disparities. Realizing we have bias can be something that is vulnerable to a lot of us, and a lot of people feel attacked by accusations that they have bias, but it’s important to realize it’s not about us and having a bias happens to everyone the important thing is to work against it. Many people have said it best we need to humble ourselves and do the work. This story has shown that biases are affecting people's life and healthcare. Working towards equitable healthcare will take a while due to not only bias, but structural racism put in place in the healthcare system. However, we still need to do the work to prevent these adverse health outcomes and make sure to not make this about us or an attack. Here are some resources by the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/maternal-mortality/index.html#:~:text=Recognizing%20urgent%20maternal%20warning%20signs,prevent%20many%20pregnancy%2Drelated%20deaths.&text=Black%20women%20are%20three%20times,related%20cause%20than%20White%20women.