Raising awareness through education and advocacy can help remedy the inequities in healthcare. Improving resource coordination can help the populations most harmed by health disparities. Access to midwives, doulas, and culturally competent healthcare can help bridge the gap between biased practices and quality healthcare for ALL women.

Here are the facts:

- Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than White women in the United States.

- Black women face a maternal mortality rate of 37.1 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 14.7 deaths per 100,000 for White women.