The leading causes of death for Black women are compounded by the racism of those who are supposed to help them; no more says, two Black female legislators State Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) said at a recent Senate Health Committee hearing where she introduced her bill, “Black women are…
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Archived: A Black Father Pushes Congress to Save the Lives of Black Mothers
Charles Johnson IV posted on Instagram Thursday morning that the final deadline in getting Congress to pass the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act is next week. Johnson, a Los Angeles resident, has been fighting for Black mothers like his wife, Kira. She died in 2016 in a hospital that left her…