pregnancy-related deaths in the US

A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit challenging what they described as Alabama's de facto ban on freestanding birth centers by requiring the facilities be licensed as hospitals.

Pregnancy-related deaths in the US, especially among black women, have been problematic for quite some time, but not much has been done to prevent and alleviate this issue.In this first installment of Crunk Culture, Robin Boylorn addresses black maternal mortality and two of its factors...