The United States has some of the worst maternal health outcomes in the developed world. And the outcomes are even worse for birthing people of color - specifically Black and Indigenous people.
My home state of Minnesota, in particular, is one of the worst states in the entire country for racial disparities in healthcare, education, income, housing and more.
Here are some local organizations showing up and working to make things better. Please consider supporting them!
Vida Midwifery Midwives - Vida Midwifery Collective
We are trying to raise awareness and build grassroots power, so we focus on ways in which communities can come together, talk about the violence, coercion, and neglect that’s happening in medical contexts, and work together to improve birth inequalities. We look at disproportionate maternal and infant mortality as the very visible tip of the iceberg, but we also go further to examine issues that might not necessarily cause mortality but that lead to pain and lasting trauma. - Julia Chinyere Oparah: