Why Black Women Can't Even Have a Miscarriage in Peace in This Country
<p>When <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, the legal precedent that established women's reproductive rights for fifty years, came crashing down, Black women knew they would be the group most impacted by the Supreme Court's decision. Already, Black women were <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/health/maternal-deaths-americas-un.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">three times</a> as likely as White women to die during childbirth, and this is true regardless of their income and level of education. This disparity, which experts say is the byproduct of racism in the healthcare system, makes pregnancy exceedingly dangerous for Black women. Depriving them of reproductive rights only compounded the issue because not only are Black women more likely to die of complications related to childbirth, but now that choice is less likely to be in their hands.</p>
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