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and lots of questions to answer, so lets get started. breaking overnight, a another mass shooting. this time in baltimore, maryland. at least two people have been killed, and dozens of others injured after gunfire of wraps at an annual block party. we are live with the latest. plus, supreme fallout, the reaction from both sides of the aisle to the historic rulings from the high court, were going to take a closer look at the decisions impacting student debt relief, and lgbtq plus rights...

Queer harry, a founder and president of national birth equity collaborative. doctor julia, its so nice to have you here today on a very serious topic. why are black women suffering the most pregnancy complications and maternal deaths? >> thank you so much, katie, for having me. so we know that the united states does not value birthing people, that do not value women, and as your last segment show, there are policies in the supreme court. we have created a structure that when you add both blackne...

Mortality rates of any so-called developed country. we know that in the united states of america black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth. native women twice as likely. rural women, one and a half times likely. >> this black maternal health week has marked with an extraordinary first ever cabinet meeting on the crisis, led by vice president kamala harris, which you saw there. no one is safe from the crisis, even black women with access to what should be the be...

7 Resources for New and Expecting Black Mothers Black Maternal Health Week is every week—here are the resources expectant moms need to save. Getty Images/Cavan Images According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, approximately 700 people die during pregnancy or in the year after. Another 50,000 women each year experience severe pregnancy complications. Black women are far more likely than White women to experience death during chil...