Opinion: For women of color, having a child is a life and death struggle
Judy Greenlea Taylor and Cheryl Harris Sutton
Opinion contributors
Uncertainty. Fear. Worry.
The anticipatory thoughts and emotions during delivery and parenthood can range from the highs of feeling overjoyed and excited to the lows of feeling uncertainty, fear and worry. Our personal experiences echoed that of many generations of women. These feelings can be amplified through the eyes of Black parents, birth workers, medical professionals and the advocates who support them.
That’s because for far too many, having a child is ultimately a life and death struggle.
Amanda is a producer and anchor for 41NBC News at Daybreak and 41Today. She comes to Macon from Watertown, NY where she was a reporter, fill in producer and anchor for three years at WWNY.
She covered everything from hundred year old birthdays to the shooting death of a New York State Trooper. She also earned a Syracuse Press Club Award for her feature story A Cheer for Keslie, about a young woman with down syndrome who joins her high school cheer team and is accepted and loved by her squad.
Amanda is originally from Brookfield, Connecticut, a small town in the western part of the state.