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Advocates say more Black women will die if abortions are banned
May 12, 2022 | By Andrea Y. Henderson in St. Louis American
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are more than three times as likely to die while giving birth as white women.
Banning abortions also would cause catastrophic health impacts for Black women, who have long suffered from racism in the health care system, said Pamela Merritt, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, a reproductive health nonprofit.
“It doesn’t matter how educated we are, it doesn’t matter how affluent we are. Everybody from my friends and cousins to Serena Williams is subject to the devastating health impacts of racism and racial health disparities,” Merritt said.
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