It is Black Maternal Health Week, and an Oklahoma group is dedicated to fixing disparities in health care for Black pregnant women.

Brandie Bishop-Stacker was absent from school the day her little sister was born 24 years ago. Instead, the then-10-year-old ...

Exploring the deep-seated distrust of the child welfare system within the Black community, rooted in a history of racial bias and systemic inequities.

Kendra Smith first learned that her daughter was being mistreated at daycare after receiving a call from Child Protective Services ...

Dr. Scott developed the first valid tool in existence created to identify and define obstetric racism as an adverse medical event. This tool, called the PREM-OB scale, measures the impact of racism, ...

Being pregnant can be difficult for some expectant mothers, but the maternal health for Black women, in particular, needs ...

The vision of the Black women who founded the reproductive justice movement 31 years ago goes beyond policy—it calls for a cultural shift toward valuing the humanity of Black people.

The Black maternal mortality crisis is pervasive. Here’s how to advocate for yourself before and after childbirth.

Launched in 2018, it aims to raise awareness of the challenges Black mothers face. Dr. Sharee Livingston, OBGYN and OBGYN ...

“But there’s a lot of pain under there, there’s a lot of eccentricities and neediness — she’s like a woman-child ... about who’s going to take care of her, “Victoria is always ...

Reports from sources on the ground indicate that cancelling USAID contracts has led to some midwives losing their source of income, leaving women in the area without safe care during pregnancy.

Transforming a former gym into a community facility had not been easy, she said, but she had felt driven to do it. Her experiences of growing up in care and ... ve got 100,000 women [and] we ...