Despite mounting evidence that Black women in the U.S. face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality, efforts to close the gap remain inconsistent. How do we change this?
Charleena Lyles, a pregnant Black woman suffering from mental crisis, was killed by two white Seattle police officers in 2017. A jury justified the killing.
A 20-year-old New York mom was shot in the head at point-blank range while pushing her three-month-old in a stroller on the Upper East Side.
A police officer shot and killed an unarmed Black woman whose last words were “I’m pregnant” following a physical confrontation in an apartment complex parking lot in Baytown, Texas.
