Olympic athlete Tori Bowie was 8 months pregnant and in labor when she died. Bowie was just 32 years old, and her death has led to an outpouring of grief and anger who say it’s part of a larger Black maternal health crisis.
It’s just — it’s incredible, the disparities that you’ve mentioned and just how Black women are dying throughout the country, in New York state, in New York City especially, where it’s up to 12 times more than white women. And it goes to show just that these patients, these women, their concerns aren’t necessarily being heard. There is bias and there’s racism within our medical institutions. And something needs to change drastically.
Dr. Carla Williams, OB-GYN, birth and postpartum doula, had two of her children at home after her first hospital experience, as we continue to cover the issue of the disparity in the lives of Black and white women, mothers. That does it for our show. I’m Amy Goodman. Thanks so much for joining us.is widely read among people with lower incomes and among young people who are mired in debt. Our site is read at public libraries, among people without internet access of their own.
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