Serena Williams’ Message to Medical Professionals: Listen to Black Women
From The Sacramento Observer:
“Each year in the United States, about 700 people die during pregnancy or the year after.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, another 50,000 people each year have unexpected labor and delivery outcomes with serious short- or long-term health consequences.
‘Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, especially because two in three of them are preventable,’ the CDC said as the nation observes Black Maternal Health Week through April 17.
For tennis superstar Serena Williams, giving birth to her baby, it turned out, was a test for how loud and how often she would have to call out before finally being heard.
Williams penned an essay for Elle Magazine’s April issue, in which she recounted her reckoning that proved once again that Black women remain three times more likely to die after childbirth than white women.
She said she was almost one of them.
Read the full article in The Sacramento Observer: https://sacobserver.com/2022/04/serena-williams-message-to-medical-professionals-listen-to-black-women/
