Times Tuesday: Maternal Health Is An Urgent Matter
Or, why we need to do more to protect pregnant and postpartum black women
Welcome to “Times Tuesday,” where I use my New York Times subscription to share compelling things I read in the paper.
This week, I am sharing Mara Gay's deep dive into the U.S.’s problematic number of maternal deaths, especially among Black women, and the efforts being made to protect new mothers.
“Nearly one in four maternal deaths in the United States take place one to six weeks after delivery. Yet new mothers and their families have far less access to social services in the United States than women in many developed countries, from health care to housing.”