“I want to talk about Black moms dying. It is bad. Our healthcare system is bad. Mental health problems cause moms to die. Black moms have it the worst. I am the chair of a group that works on these issues. We want to fix this problem. We show pictures of Black moms who died. People need to listen to them. I will keep talking about this. We need to save Black moms now.”
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