When it comes to giving birth, the complications for women of color are unusually high. And why is that?
MONICA MCLEMORE: That statistic is true. Black women are four times more likely to die in childbirth when compared to white women.
KALW's Leila Day gets some answers from Dr. Monica McLemore, a nurse scientist and one of the coordinators of the Black Women Birthing Justice.
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