Colorado bill aims to improve maternal health care
DEVELOPING... Story will be updated as new information can be verified. Updated 3 times AlertMe DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to improve maternal health aimed at bettering pregnancy outcomes for minority women, as the U.S. recognizes Black Maternal Health Week. About 700 women across the country die annually from complications during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum. Black and Indigenous women are about three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as White women, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I call on all Amer...