Discussing the U.S. Black Maternal Health Crisis

Real talk about Feminism: A Podcast for Female Empowerment and Gender Equality

This week we discuss the Black maternal health crisis that is happening in the United States. Thank you to CNN anchor, Abby Phillip, for sharing her story online! We pulled in a few clips from a podcast interview she did as well as some quotes from her article she wrote for CNN. See the links below for both of these!

Read - Abby Phillip: How I woundup giving birth at home here.

Listen to - The Assignment with Audie Cornish: Why More Black Moms Are Choosing Home Births here.

@abbydphillip on Instagram

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Timestamps:

0:10 welcome back!

0:11 freezing weather

1:34 topic introduction

1:49 obsessions of the week

4:10 feminist highlight

5:02 life updates

10:06 main topic

Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406315/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914526/#:~:text=Black%20women%20have%20a%20maternal,racial%20disparities%20persist%20%5B54%5D

https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/communities-of-color-at-higher-risk-for-health-and-economic-challenges-due-to-covid-19/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/opinions/maternal-mortality-pregnancy-midwife-births-phillips/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-assignment/episodes/944945fe-4c24-11ee-a8d4-0b8495b02c34

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