Milwaukee Black maternal health crisis: Call for systemic change [Video]

Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white counterparts.Panelists shared powerful personal experiences as health care providers and patients in crisis.One mother shared her story of losing her baby and fighting for her own life: “I’ve been fighting this fight for a long time. We both were on our deathbeds. My son caught E. coli because we were in labor too long. We were in labor for 41 hours in the hospital. They did not make the move to do what they needed to do to perform an emergency C-section because I was on state insurance.” Congresswoman Gwen Moore and state Sen. LaTonya Johnson hosted a panel discussion to talk about that impact in Milwaukee.”There’s no need to ponder any longer. Racism has been identified as the root cause of the Black maternal health crises globally,” maternal health care advocate Vanessa Johnson said. …