Disclaimer: The following are articles and videos related to maternity health and a healthy pregnancy. Some articles are slightly dated, but the information is accurate and educational for those preparing for childbirth.
Video – Black Mothers Matter: Combatting the Maternal Mortality Epidemic
Supporting Lactating Parents is Racial Justice
Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home
Our America: Hidden Stories – The 1619 Project: Race and Maternal Mortality
Roe V. Wade Statement from Monica Simpson
Protecting Your Birth: A Guide For Black Mothers
The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis Deserves Radical Solutions
For Grandparents Day, Women Honor Daughters Lost to Black Maternal Mortality Crisis
How the US Medical Community Fails Black Mothers
The Secret to Saving the Lives of Black Mothers and Babies
Ultrasound: Weighing the Propaganda Against the Facts
Birth doulas are misunderstood. Here’s what we actually do.
Hospitals blame moms when childbirth goes wrong. Secret data suggest it’s not that simple.
Off-Label Drug Research Generates ‘Medical Uncertainty’
“Landmark” Maternal Health Legislation Clears Major Hurdle
Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality
Supporting the Physical and Mental Health of New and Expectant Black Mothers
New York Governor Cuomo Should Not Play Politics With Black Maternal Health
Video – Everyone Deserves a Doula
Maternal mortality: An American crisis
U.S. Senate Committee Proposes $50 Million to Prevent Mothers Dying in Childbirth
Maternal health: Disparities in care quality, access to services a major concern
Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis
Here’s One Issue Blue and Red States Agree On: Preventing Deaths of Expectant and New Mothers
Evidence grows that normal childbirth takes longer than we thought
Too many black women like Erica Garner are dying in America’s maternal mortality crisis
Misoprostol drug to be withdrawn from French market
Why Is U.S. Maternal Mortality So High?
Twin Births: Vaginal Delivery Safer Than Caesarean
ACOG’s New Childbirth Recommendations Aim to Limit Interventions
Skip that Newborn Vitamin K Shot
ACOG: Hands-Off Approach for Low-Risk Pregnancies
US Maternal Mortality Rate on the Uptick – Statistics
Why U.S. Women Still Die During Childbirth
Maternal Mortality Rate in U.S. Rises, Defying Global Trend, Study Finds
Maternal health: Disparities in care quality, access to services a major concern
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