Black and Native women are dying at alarmingly high rates due to preventable pregnancy-related causes. Similarities can be seen in trends related to America’s maternal health crisis. As devastating as these stories are, the commonalities are always Black and brown skin, mistreatment, and, far too often, premature death. For those of us working in health equity and who have studied the history of mistreatment of marginalized communities by the medical establishment, hearing and seeing these stories play out in the context of COVID-19 is not surprising. ![]() ![]() 2 Behind the statistics are personal stories of people of color, across geography, socioeconomic status, and health profile, who have been denied access to lifesaving care, even as their expressions of pain, discomfort, and illness have been ignored.
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