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Black women are more likely to experience pregnancy trauma and have their pain ignored

Black mothers in the U.S. are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Actress Tatyana Ali became an advocate after her own awful experience giving birth.

Black women are more likely to experience pregnancy trauma and have their pain ignored

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