Reflecting on Black Maternal Health Week
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 24, 2022
Black Maternal Health Week is observed each year from April 11-17. This week is founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, an alliance led by Black women that advocates, drives research, builds power, and shifts culture for black maternal health disparities/inequities.
A book by Deirdre Cooper Owens, called “Medical Bondage; Race, gender and the origins of American Gynecology” says this – “After congress banned the importation of African-born slaves in 1808, American slave owners became even more interested in increasing the number of slave births in the United States. At the same time . . .
