How is Black maternal mortality rate affecting your decisions?
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 31, 2023
Dangerous complications from labor and delivery nearly doubled in Massachusetts between 2011 and 2020, part of an increasingly dire national picture of maternal health as the United States continues to lead high-income countries in maternal mortality.
Black and Indigenous women face the highest risks to their health from giving birth across the country. For Black women, this is regardless of income and education . . .
