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Midwife’s death highlights racial gap in maternal mortality

Season 2026 Episode 15 | 7m 03s

The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities in Black maternal health care. Black women are still three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. Stephanie Sy reports.

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