Rep. Maloney: America’s Heath System Is ‘Failing Black Birthing People’

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MALONEY: “The CDC estimates that 60 percent of these deaths are preventable. So how does one of the most medically advanced nations in the world continue to fail black birthing people at such high rates? To understand, we have to take the blinders off our history and acknowledge that our health care system, including reproductive health care, was built on a legacy of systemic racism and the mistreatment of black people, and that that legacy continues today. Our current health care system is rife with implicit bias and structural barriers that put black people at an inherent disadvantage before, during, and after their pregnancies. Thankfully, black women leaders here in the halls of Congress and across the country have developed policies to systemically shift the way we approach health care for birthing people of color and promote programs and resources that are proven to reduce the rates of maternal mortality in these communities.”

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