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RULING THE WEEK
Hey, all Elizabeth here. It’s nice to be back with you all for a week when Katie’s out on vacation. I have a bit of a royal scoop to kick off the newsletter this week. After Prince Philip died, I got a series of fascinating messages from my Aunt Diane about her relationship with him. She first met him in the 90s, when she was a young executive at the World Wildlife Fund and he was president of WWF International.
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Congresswoman Cori Bush Shared Her Traumatizing Birth Story Amid Black Maternal Health Week
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In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, Congresswoman Cori Bush, who represents Missouri s first congressional district, opened up about her own traumatic birth experience on Twitter. Recounting how doctors dismissing her pregnancy pains resulted in her son being born four months premature, she pointed out how urgent this crisis remains 21 years later.
It’s Black Maternal Health Week, so I want to share my story.
When I was 5 months pregnant with my first child, I was in so much pain. But my doctors refused to believe me. I ended up going into labor.
These Lawmakers Are Putting Black Maternal Health First and Making A Difference
These Black women are stepping into their power and doing their part to help enact government changes that will save more Black moms’ lives.
It’s Black Maternal Health Week and the perfect time to shine the spotlight on some of the many Black women in politics who are working hard to make a difference that will last.
Yes, the statistics surrounding Black women and maternal health are grim Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death or preventable maternal death than white women but continuing to combat and call out systemic racial inequities and implicit bias in the medical community can and will have a long-term effect on increasing more Black women’s health outcomes.
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