The Complex Relationship Between Racism, Health, and Maternal Mortality

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Exploring the historical ties between racism and gynecology, the erasure of black midwives, and the current reproductive rights crisis, with a focus on the high rate of maternal mortality among black women in Georgia.

A perfect storm of factors has led to huge racial disparities in maternal healthcare. In the USA, as abortion clinics continue to close, this inequity is projected to widen. In this podcast from Nature and ScientificAmerican, we hear from leading academics unpacking the racism at the heart of the system. From the historical links between slavery and gynaecology to the systematic erasure of America’s Black midwives. What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change?

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