According to the CDC, Black and Indigenous women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. The racial disparities in diagnosis and treatment are also evidenced in mental health, in addition to the higher prevalence of cancer in Black communities, which gained visibility with the untimely death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020. 

Bias in treatment, disproportionate access to healthcare, and other systemic issues, including environmental factors, result in stark racial disparities in health outcomes of communities of color versus white populations. Organizer and Sound Healer Cara Page explains, “the intertwined histories of reproductive and birth justice, disab [...]