She says doctors ignored her concerns about her pregnancy; for black women, it’s a familiar story.
Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth, according to 2020 CDC data, the most recent available.
Duaa Eldeib of Propublica
After a Stillbirth, an Autopsy Can Provide Answers. Too Few of Them Are Being Performed
For Dr. Karen Gibbins, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Oregon Health & Science University, her son’s death in her 27th week of pregnancy sparked questions only an autopsy could answer.
They Were The Pandemic’s Perfect Victims
The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.
