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Black Maternal Health Week - Edit for 2025

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According to the White House 2024 Proclamation on Black Maternal Health Week: Women in America are dying at a higher rate from pregnancy-related causes than women in any other developed nation. Black women face even more risk and are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.

That is in no small part because of a long history of systemic racism and bias. Studies show that when Black women suffer from severe injuries or pregnancy complications or simply ask for assistance, they are often dismissed or ignored in the health care settings that are supposed to care for them. People of color — including expecting mothers — also bear the brunt of environmental injustices like air and water pollution, which worsen health outcomes. Too often, Black mothers lack access to safe and secure housing, affordable transportation, and affordable, healthy food. This is unjust and unacceptable.

The League of Women Voters works for affordable, accessible, and equitable quality health care for all.

Help spread information about the problem.

There is a new “Birthing-Friendly” hospital designation that identifies hospitals and health systems that offer high-quality maternal care — ensuring that expecting mothers know where to go to get the help they need. To find out which facilities are “Birthing-Friendly,” go to the U.S. Government's care comparison  website

In addition, mental health care is health care. It is important that women have access to it throughout pregnancy and beyond.There is the Maternal Mental Health Hotline so that the one in five women in America who experience maternal mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, or substance use disorder can get the support they need. New and expecting mothers can call 1-833-TLC-MAMA, a confidential, 24-hour, toll-free number to connect with professional counselors.
When:
Friday, April 11, 2025 to Thursday, April 17, 2025
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