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Kamala Harris reintroducing bill to reduce maternal mortality rate among black women
Sen. Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that she is reintroducing a maternal mortality bill to take on the racial disparities associated with pregnancy-related deaths.
According to a Center for Disease Control study released earlier this month, approximately 700 women die from pregnancy-related complications in the U.S. each year. That same study says black women are 3.3 times more likely to die than white women from pregnancy-related causes.
Harris' Maternal CARE ACT would create two new grant programs to address racial health disparities. The first is a $25 million dollar program that would "support evidence-based implicit training" to combat racial bias within the medical profession. The bill also sets aside $125 million to "identify high-risk pregnancies" and "provide new mothers with the culturally competent care and resources they need."
"Black mothers across the country are facing a health crisis that is driven in part by implicit bias in our health care system. We must take action to address this issue, and we must do it with the sense of urgency it deserves," said Harris. "My Maternal CARE Act will establish implicit bias training throughout the medical profession and help ensure that women—especially Black women—have access to comprehensive, culturally competent care."
According to a Center for Disease Control study released earlier this month, approximately 700 women die from pregnancy-related complications in the U.S. each year. That same study says black women are 3.3 times more likely to die than white women from pregnancy-related causes.
Harris' Maternal CARE ACT would create two new grant programs to address racial health disparities. The first is a $25 million dollar program that would "support evidence-based implicit training" to combat racial bias within the medical profession. The bill also sets aside $125 million to "identify high-risk pregnancies" and "provide new mothers with the culturally competent care and resources they need."
"Black mothers across the country are facing a health crisis that is driven in part by implicit bias in our health care system. We must take action to address this issue, and we must do it with the sense of urgency it deserves," said Harris. "My Maternal CARE Act will establish implicit bias training throughout the medical profession and help ensure that women—especially Black women—have access to comprehensive, culturally competent care."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-reintroduces-bill-to-reduce-maternal-mortality-rate-among-black-women/
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