Pregnant during pandemic: Programs, midwives step up to support Black mothers ...Middle East

LA County health official calls for a movement involving hospitals, medical professionals and government agencies to ensure Black women feel safe to deliver their babies, whether at home or at hospitals. Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on many women’s birth plans, forcing them to adjust to quickly changing hospital policies, and in some cases labor in isolation and even opt for home birth. The pandemic has been especially hard on mothers like Stokes who even before the pandemic had been part of terrifying statistics that show Black women in the U.S. have more than a three times higher risk of dying during pregnancy and childbirth than white women.

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