Dr. Ndidiya Maka Amutah-Onukagha

care and long-term health outcomes for the infant. Black women are also more likely to experience severe maternal morbidity. So morbidity is illness, mortality is death. Even the things that are considered to be SMM events, severely maternal morbidity events, We still see higher rates in Black women. This is during childbirth, this is after childbirth, and these include hemorrhage.

care and long-term health outcomes for the infant. Black women are also more likely to experience severe maternal morbidity. So morbidity is illness, mortality is death. Even the things that are considered to be SMM events, severely maternal morbidity events, We still see higher rates in Black women. This is during childbirth, this is after childbirth, and these include hemorrhage.

The majority of maternal deaths due to hemorrhage, 90% actually, are preventable. So are a lot of the complications we see from preeclampsia, which is hypertension and cardiomyopathy. Thinking about what it means for Black women, for all women, the maternal mortality rate for all women increases with age. And Black women are more likely to delay childbirth due to socioeconomic barriers.

The majority of maternal deaths due to hemorrhage, 90% actually, are preventable. So are a lot of the complications we see from preeclampsia, which is hypertension and cardiomyopathy. Thinking about what it means for Black women, for all women, the maternal mortality rate for all women increases with age. And Black women are more likely to delay childbirth due to socioeconomic barriers.

The majority of maternal deaths due to hemorrhage, 90% actually, are preventable. So are a lot of the complications we see from preeclampsia, which is hypertension and cardiomyopathy. Thinking about what it means for Black women, for all women, the maternal mortality rate for all women increases with age. And Black women are more likely to delay childbirth due to socioeconomic barriers.

This disproportionately impacts age-related risks. We are in a really dire place. When you can say comfortably that 84% of maternal deaths are preventable, we're not just feeling Black moms, although we're feeling them even more, but we're feeling all birthing people, all mothers. No one is really faring particularly well in this current healthcare environment. These statistics are jarring.

This disproportionately impacts age-related risks. We are in a really dire place. When you can say comfortably that 84% of maternal deaths are preventable, we're not just feeling Black moms, although we're feeling them even more, but we're feeling all birthing people, all mothers. No one is really faring particularly well in this current healthcare environment. These statistics are jarring.

This disproportionately impacts age-related risks. We are in a really dire place. When you can say comfortably that 84% of maternal deaths are preventable, we're not just feeling Black moms, although we're feeling them even more, but we're feeling all birthing people, all mothers. No one is really faring particularly well in this current healthcare environment. These statistics are jarring.

They should make us angry. These statistics individually and cumulatively really highlight the urgent need for systemic change in our country.

They should make us angry. These statistics individually and cumulatively really highlight the urgent need for systemic change in our country.

They should make us angry. These statistics individually and cumulatively really highlight the urgent need for systemic change in our country.

And this includes policy reforms, clinical accountabilities at the provider and hospital level, Medicaid expansion and the maintenance of Medicaid as a program overall, workforce diversification, having community-based models of care, thinking about the quality of healthcare that women in this country receive.

And this includes policy reforms, clinical accountabilities at the provider and hospital level, Medicaid expansion and the maintenance of Medicaid as a program overall, workforce diversification, having community-based models of care, thinking about the quality of healthcare that women in this country receive.

And this includes policy reforms, clinical accountabilities at the provider and hospital level, Medicaid expansion and the maintenance of Medicaid as a program overall, workforce diversification, having community-based models of care, thinking about the quality of healthcare that women in this country receive.

I think racism is the root cause of a lot of the disparities that we see. Racism defined structurally is not just one bad actor. It's a system that shapes maternal care that was not built to serve Black birthing people equitably. If we think about just the field of obstetrics and gynecology and how it was developed, it really was built on exploitation and dehumanization of Black women.

I think racism is the root cause of a lot of the disparities that we see. Racism defined structurally is not just one bad actor. It's a system that shapes maternal care that was not built to serve Black birthing people equitably. If we think about just the field of obstetrics and gynecology and how it was developed, it really was built on exploitation and dehumanization of Black women.

I think racism is the root cause of a lot of the disparities that we see. Racism defined structurally is not just one bad actor. It's a system that shapes maternal care that was not built to serve Black birthing people equitably. If we think about just the field of obstetrics and gynecology and how it was developed, it really was built on exploitation and dehumanization of Black women.

We know that a lot of the policies that Texas and other states are adopting are not in the best interest of birthing people as far as having hospitals closed, having to travel further to hospitals, having more difficulties with transportation, being able to access timely prenatal care.

We know that a lot of the policies that Texas and other states are adopting are not in the best interest of birthing people as far as having hospitals closed, having to travel further to hospitals, having more difficulties with transportation, being able to access timely prenatal care.

We know that a lot of the policies that Texas and other states are adopting are not in the best interest of birthing people as far as having hospitals closed, having to travel further to hospitals, having more difficulties with transportation, being able to access timely prenatal care.