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Black women are less likely than women from other racial groups to carry a pregnancy to term.

HOUSTON — Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never lost faith that she would someday

In several of the most populated U.S. counties, Black women remain less likely to carry a pregnancy to term than other […] The post Dangers and deaths around Black pregnancies seen as a ‘completely preventable’ health crisis appeared first on TheGrio.

Studies show that high rates of Black fetal and infant deaths are largely preventable — and part of systemic failures that contribute to disproportionately high Black maternal mortality rates.

Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never lost faith that she would someday have a child.