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JustAnotherGen

(33,894 posts)

1. Underserved poor white women

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Tue Dec 7, 2021, 01:06 PM

Dec 2021

Still get 'heard'. Whereas my niece (affluent, middle class, nurse) in NJ was throwing up in her sleep and the doctors told her she was 'young and strong' last March. After three days of this they induced her . . . a Nurse.

Thrilled that rep Underwood is on this.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216117292

Yeah - my dad's mom gave birth 9 times and only her last two were born in a hospital (first time hospital was available to black women in Talladega Alabama)

But my niece would have been better served under the care of a Native or Black midwife.

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Tackle maternal health disparities, mortality with data and better care [View all] Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 OP

Underserved poor white women JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #1

Don't get me wrong Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 #2

About damn time Diamond_Dog Dec 2021 #3