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Maternal deaths nationwide more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The research also showed that death rates are especially high for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native moms.
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New research out of the University of Colorado Boulder highlights the prevalence of "obstetric racism" in U.S. labor and delivery rooms. A CU study found decisions on childbirth for Black and Latina mothers are based largely on trends in the white population, even when those decisions might be riskier for non-white demographics.
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A private equity firm bought a birth center and then shut it down. The community brought it back as a nonprofit.
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A few of the states with the most home births are in the Mountain West, and the region also includes two states that saw some of the country's largest increases from 2019 to 2020.
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This Sunday is Bereaved Mother’s Day — a day to honor mothers who have lost their children, sometimes even before they’ve had a chance to take their first breath. Since 2005, Denver-based organization Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep has worked with those families to create portraits that commemorate their children. KUNC arts reporter Stacy Nick spoke with the group’s CEO, Gina Harris, to find out more.
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There’s wide variability in state policies about what care to give to women who are pregnant and behind bars. That’s according to a new report from the…