Black maternal health crisis

Pregnancy-related death rates are the highest in 60 years, and for Black women, it's become a literal life-or-death situation. According to the CDC, Black women are three times more likely to suffer serious pregnancy complications than White women. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about the U.S. black maternal mortality crisis at the annual Essence Fest forum in New Orleans.
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#Maternity #Health #Healthcare

[@8arrows]

Since trolls got limited access to twitter, they moved over here to KZbin.

[@icausedbidenflation9999]

Big shout out to Jordan Neely for staying out of trouble...

[@seventhcompactor1505]

Baby mama culture is to blame.....as is obesity

[@johnbrown4949]

Black women in general are out of pocket these days. My grandma was born in 1923. She was dirt poor, uneducated, black, female and an orphan and still Made it. It must have been tough for her to marry and army sergeant. Today women do nothing but COMPLAIN!

[@rachelkristine4669]

INCEL ALERT! 🤣😂

[@niaedmonds3342]

What does that have to do with our mortality rates? You just wanted to say something about blk women

[@louisefrazier1302]

Did anyone read the part about keeping comments respectful?

[@feffygracie]

MSNBC changed the rules when they said birthing people.

[@Badgersj]

Totally supportive - BUT what's this "birthing person" thing? What's happened to "woman"?

[@andio3i766]

race card denied

[@kateg1579]

Thank you for highlighting this issue, it’s very true and important to emphasize. I had a black colleague that requested birth control pills and she wasn’t sleeping with anyone but needed it to regulate her menstruation, but her doctors made her do all of these tests, meanwhile her white peers received the pills with no problem. It was a sad fact and that was just birth control pills

[@michelleduncan906]

These comments show that this is true. The racism in this country is sickening.

[@dickmonddickelheimer9452]

No everyone's just tired of yall lying and crying about racism and using it as an excuse to beg constantly

[@keytra6291]

Misogyny too

[@seventhcompactor1505]

Or, Shaniqua needs to closer her legs

[@VedickDragon]

@RocketScientist1 Sure, discrimination also keeps you from eating feces.

[@icausedbidenflation9999]

Black history month is over

[@Llynnyia]

But maternal morbidity and mortality doesn't have a month so shove it.

[@dixonyaarmouf4630]

Shoutout to all the single moms

[@Llynnyia]

Yes but why do you do that on a video for black mortality not white?

[@niaedmonds3342]

Uh, white women's mortality rates are not as high as black women's. The study has been done. Why every time there are issues on blk women all brought up white? We never hear this in white spaces.@@Llynnyia

[@pc4mlc451]

Maybe if you increased your modesty, your risk of pregnancy related deaths would decrease. Just a thought.

[@denillefleming2942]

Modesty has nothing to do with it

[@rachelkristine4669]

And it's comments like that , that is at the crux of the issue. U dishonor yourself with such a hateful comment. Try again! 🤨

[@pc4mlc451]

@rachelkristine4669 I'm simply being honest, not hateful. If you want to avoid the elephant in the room, that's fine, but I'm trying to provide an easy solution to actually help communities. What are you doing?

[@denillefleming2942]

@mericanmodi8479 failed birth control is also responsible. Even women with tubal ligations can grow back.

[@denillefleming2942]

@mericanmodi8479 or death for troubled pregnancy

[@mattyjay8896]

"Birthing people" need i say more? These people have lost their minds.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Well that's what happens with some women, right? English is a very dynamic language. It changes all the time. New words. New usage. Some words disappear.

[@mattyjay8896]

@@yvonneplant9434 And some things are just insane. Like saying women are birthing people because a small group of people want to seems virtuous for political gain.

[@seventhcompactor1505]

Is this really a mystery ? 4 kids. No insurance. Baby mama culture ??

[@robertbirch5676]

God save the Queen

[@denillefleming2942]

Tragic 😢😢

[@usasleft8602]

Put the crack pipe down, the numbers will get better!

[@seventhcompactor1505]

Black Americans have the best maternal health of any large black population

[@VedickDragon]

Solve the single motherhood crisis in black America, and then all the other social pathologies will decrease. This is the foundational issue. The State should pay people to abort. $500.

[@kaylawheeler5456]

I think this will be an ongoing issue til the end of time. All we can do as Black women is self advocate and do our best to get those closest to us to help advocate for us on our behalf. We also have to hope and pray that we've selected a good OBGYN that isn't biased and most importantly we have to hold these practitioners, nurses, and doctors accountable in the event of negligence. Up and to including suing them if something goes wrong.

[@beberodriguez4160]

Your bleak outlook is pitiful and proves you are part of problem smh 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@VedickDragon]

Instead of 'self advocating', which will just come across as loud entitlement mentalities by the welfare caste, why not focus on ending baby mama culture ? Why is that never exposed and handled, Within the black community ?

[@beberodriguez4160]

@@VedickDragon spoken like a true parasitic bottomfeeder.

[@kaylawheeler5456]

@user-ds9bl7yx5l not sure what you mean but self advocating is never a bad thing.

[@feffygracie]

The difficulty lies in overuse of marijuana during pregnancy and being a teenager as young as 15. It's a problem that needs to be addressed.

[@mandyharewood886]

Except that evidence shows that there is no difference in the frequency and level of marijuana use in blacks and pink and whites. Did you watch the video at all?

[@feffygracie]

@@mandyharewood886 You sure about that?

[@Llynnyia]

Yes , no difference in drug use in colors of skin.

[@mandyharewood886]

@@feffygracie Numerous studies and reports, racist.

[@rachelkristine4669]

And it's attitudes like that that keep a black woman's mortality rate with child bearing so GD dangerous! U dishonor yourself with such an asinine comment! Try again! 🤨

[@KingJamesHusband]

Poor Duhmbdebbie is losing custody every day due to the abuse...

[@debbie5728]

Thanks so much for triggering interest for people to look at my comments, hilariously and ironically you were trying to distract from.. LOL wow!

[@mandyharewood886]

Thank goodness I live in a 90% black majority country. My pregnancy was a breeze.

[@denillefleming2942]

Your sick

[@rachelkristine4669]

​@@denillefleming2942Nope. She is alive! 🤨

[@chipkirwan1852]

🎆🗽🎆🗽🎆🗽