Black people in the U.S. twice as likely to face coercion, unconsented procedures during birth
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 11, 2022
Science, Health & Technology
Pregnant people of other minoritized racial identities also experience more pressure from providers
Black people in the U.S. are twice as likely as white people to be coerced into procedures during perinatal and birth care, and to undergo them without their explicit consent, according to a new study by researchers at UBC’s Birth Place Lab and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Pregnant people of other minoritized racial identities also . . .
