'They are not being heard or believed when they report their symptoms, and this often leads to a catastrophic outcome.'
to speak up when they're uncomfortable or in pain, and her thoughts are empowering.
"It's a lot isn't it," she wrote in her post."It's a lot to just say 'no.' It's a lot to say 'stop.' A lot to say, 'I don't like what you're doing.' And so often, we don't. We don't say no, we don't say stop and we don't say, 'I don't like what you're doing.
"You are autonomous over your person. You give consent and you take it away. You can always change your mind."Illy continued, noting that while she is grateful for her birth experience because it helped her get to where she is now, things need to change."Let's normalise saying no, let's normalise saying stop, and let's normalise saying, 'I don't like what you're doing.
"Black women are dying. Babies are being left without mothers, partners are being left to raise babies alone, and families are left bereft and grieving. This is because true advocacy isn't happening!" Illy told POPSUGAR."True advocacy means that you will be the voice for the person in labor regardless of race, religion, or economic status. Racism is killing Black [women] and for this reason, they need to demand the care they are entitled to.
To combat this alarming issue, Illy says that medical professionals need to start listening to their Black patients."Black people are not being listened to," she said."They are not being heard or believed when they report their symptoms, and this often leads to a catastrophic outcome. It's not only the responsibility of Black people to advocate for themselves, white people need to advocate for them, too, and they need to do it loudly and publicly.
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