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Experts call for full implementation of Massachusetts maternal‑health law and expanded supports for Black birthing people
Summary
Representatives of the Center for Black Maternal Health and other maternal‑health advocates told the committee to prioritize implementation of last year's maternal omnibus law, equitably reimburse midwives/doulas and improve race‑specific maternal data and birth‑center regulations.
Dr. Ndidi Emaka Mutonukaga, director and founder of the Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice, told the Joint Committee on Public Health that Black women in the U.S. die at two to three times the rate of white women and that maternal morbidity remains significantly higher for women of color in Massachusetts.
Dr. Mutonukaga urged full and…
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