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The Abortion and Maternal Health Landscape is Different for Black Women. That Needs to Change.

rePROs Fight Back
rePROs Fight Back
Episode • Jan 28, 2020 • 35m

The United States is an extremely unstable landscape when it comes to being pregnant and giving birth. Black women, in accessing abortion care, tend to face more geographic, transportation, infrastructure, and economic barriers. And Black women are three to four times more likely to die from causes related to childbirth and pregnancy. Jessica Pinckney with In Our Own Voice talks to us about the abortion access and maternal health crisis that Black women face on a daily basis in the United States.

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