‘It's preventable. We have Black mothers dying at three to four times the rates of white women, and it doesn't have to be like that.’ episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 31, 2021 · 3 MIN

‘It's preventable. We have Black mothers dying at three to four times the rates of white women, and it doesn't have to be like that.’

from Missouri Health Talks · host Rachel Schnelle

April Mickens Jolly is the Vice President of Health Equity & Culture at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri – and a Black mother.According to the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Black women in Missouri are 4 times more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than white women.

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