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The Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024 seeks to accomplish four goals. It is among hundreds of pieces of legislation awaiting the governor’s review and signature.
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Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.
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The county and Luminis Health want to build a $300 million facility that will partially focus on women’s health.
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The pandemic worsened America’s maternal mortality crisis, with the burden of death disproportionately felt by communities of color. We speak with an ob/gyn. Then, advocates are collecting signatures to put a baby bonus on the ballot - $1000 to new parents in Baltimore.
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Black women die before, during and after childbirth at twice the rate of white women--who are themselves at greater risk than in other countries. We ask a family-medicine doctor and a leader of B-More for Healthy Babies -- Why? And what to do about it.