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Birthing While Black Congressional Hearing Amplifies Black Maternal Health Crisis
Actress Tatyana Ali testified in Congress on her traumatizing birthing experience, joining other witnesses who shared stories of childbirth trauma. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Millions know actress Tatyana Ali for roles that have ranged from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Broadway.
Yet the Harvard graduate cherishes most her real-life roles as a wife and mother of two young sons. Last Thursday ahead of Mother’s Day, the activist testified before Congress about Black maternal health–and how the life or death issue impacted her family.
“When I asked my OB-GYN what positions I could be in during labor and delivery, he said that `I could hang from the lights if that made me happy’,” said Ali, who spoke via Zoom. “This being my first birth, the dismissal of my very earnest query into birthing techniques hurt. I felt silly. That should have been a warning.”
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Another Mother’s Day is upon us and I can’t help but feel that this holiday somehow rings hollow, given the glaring lack of policies and protections we have in America in support of mothers especially Black mothers. With the additional COVID-19-related risks to health and economic stability and their disproportionate impact on Black women and Black communities, the need for more than platitudes from politicians extolling their purported love of mothers is more critical than ever before.
Fortunately, although the fight is far from over, there is still reason for hope, with women of color in Congress leading the charge for better health care for mothers.
WASHINGTON â The White House and lawmakers are seeking to build momentum on what they view as a more comprehensive policy solution to address the nationâs rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Advocates and lawmakers are working on comprehensive legislation to curb maternal deaths, which has emerged as a bipartisan priority in recent years.
Maternal mortality, or death during or up to a year after childbirth, is a growing problem in the United States. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed nation.
The maternal mortality rate was 20.1 per 100,000 live births in the U.S. in 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number was more than double the rate â at 44 deaths per 100,000 live births â for non-Hispanic Black women.
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