How Childbirth Kills Black Mothers Disproportionately

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-GYNs, maternal mental healthcare, telehealth and community health centers and reduced racial bias and healthcare disparity training. In addition, more funding would be allotted for research to help and bring awareness to the causes of the high death rate. Unlike the past, where the maternal deaths rate was based on estimates around the country, rather than exact figures. Exact figures would present the reality with much clarity for comprehension and recognition.</p><p id="bdeb">Advocates for Black women childbirth death rates are urging Congress to make a permanent provision within its economic aid package for states to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for a year versus the current 60-day limit. This provision would be beneficial for low-income pregnant women to apply and quality for Medicaid getting assistance with delivery cost. While all states may not include the change, or wish to extend Medicaid benefits, but this provision could require the states to extend the coverage permanently.</p><p id="9ca0">To date, Black women dying disproportionally from childbirth is alarming, one-third of women die of pregnancy related causes, one-third die during the delivery or a week after and one-third die of complication in the year after birth. Some of these deaths may have been preventable, and these new provisions would counteract and decrease the rising death rates due to childbirth among Black mothers.</p><p id="f301">From old slavery to new slavery, Black women access to proper medical care has been marred with racism and lack of access in the healthcare industry thereby being the cause of the rising numbers of Black mothers’ deaths during childbirth, shortly there after or longer periods due to complications. Congress has it within their power to undue a vast injustice to Black mothers pertaining to their healthcare, pre and post natal care.</p><p id="4080">In conclusion, all people deserve adequate medical care, and the healthcare industry must stop the racism and treat all patients equally, appropriately and not dismiss to go home and die. And when doctors or practitioners are found negligent, hopefully these advocates’ groups would imp

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How Childbirth Kills Black Mothers Disproportionately

How advocates are petitioning what Congress needs to do to save savable lives

Photo by Sarah D. Wirestaff, Associated Press

In one of the most wealthiest and powerful countries of the world, the pregnancy-related death has gotten progressively worst and worst over the years compared to other industrialized country that are much poorer in every aspects and the rate is constantly risen over the last 30 years in America.

According to the CDC, Black women’s death rate is 44 deaths per 100,000 per live births, white women is 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, and for Hispanic women it was 12.6 deaths per 100,000 live births. CDC has confirmed that 3 in 5 of those deaths are preventable.

The problem lies within the healthcare system inclusive of the reproductive healthcare, as it was built on a legacy of systemic racism, denying Blacks to proper medical care, the mistreatment or diagnosis of Black people and today there is nothing new as this saga continues.

Political leaders and advocates are making a concerted effort to bring awareness to Congress as Democrats are in the early stage of constructing a package of bills that would focus on maternal health per President Biden’s massive infrastructure and tax bill, a major legislation pending passing this year. Much accolades to Vice President Kamala Harris, a lead sponsor of the package, along with the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

After passage, Black women will gain access to maternal vaccinations, adequately trained doulas, midwives, and OB-GYNs, maternal mental healthcare, telehealth and community health centers and reduced racial bias and healthcare disparity training. In addition, more funding would be allotted for research to help and bring awareness to the causes of the high death rate. Unlike the past, where the maternal deaths rate was based on estimates around the country, rather than exact figures. Exact figures would present the reality with much clarity for comprehension and recognition.

Advocates for Black women childbirth death rates are urging Congress to make a permanent provision within its economic aid package for states to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for a year versus the current 60-day limit. This provision would be beneficial for low-income pregnant women to apply and quality for Medicaid getting assistance with delivery cost. While all states may not include the change, or wish to extend Medicaid benefits, but this provision could require the states to extend the coverage permanently.

To date, Black women dying disproportionally from childbirth is alarming, one-third of women die of pregnancy related causes, one-third die during the delivery or a week after and one-third die of complication in the year after birth. Some of these deaths may have been preventable, and these new provisions would counteract and decrease the rising death rates due to childbirth among Black mothers.

From old slavery to new slavery, Black women access to proper medical care has been marred with racism and lack of access in the healthcare industry thereby being the cause of the rising numbers of Black mothers’ deaths during childbirth, shortly there after or longer periods due to complications. Congress has it within their power to undue a vast injustice to Black mothers pertaining to their healthcare, pre and post natal care.

In conclusion, all people deserve adequate medical care, and the healthcare industry must stop the racism and treat all patients equally, appropriately and not dismiss to go home and die. And when doctors or practitioners are found negligent, hopefully these advocates’ groups would implement legal proceedings to not only sue the doctor, but if evidence show a pattern of discrimination against Black mothers, that doctor’s licenses should be revoked. These proceedings would serve as a warning for other doctors.

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