The Startling Truth About Black Maternal Mortality
(Editor's note: Susana Morris is a blogger, activist, and professor. She is also co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective (CFC). This article re-affirms why it is important for women of color to have a Sister Friend during pregnancy) Maternal mortality is on the rise in the United States, under stark racial lines. In fact, Black women are four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. This is a reproductive justice and human rights crisis. The New York Times