While many women will tell you that being pregnant is stressful, being a black and pregnant woman during a pandemic is incredibly stressful and makes black birth more complicated and almost life-threatening. COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color and may affect maternal mortality rates, especially for Black women. While racism has contributed to the rise … Continued

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