Black Southerners deserve a better birth experience

THE HILL: BY CARMEN JAMES RANDOLPH, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 04/13/22 1:30 PM ET

Birth should be a joyful experience. But in America — which is among the most dangerous nations in the developed world in which to give birth and continues to see a rise in maternal death rates — pregnancy and birth are often extremely frightening. Especially for Black women in the South.

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