Black Chicagoans are six times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white Chicagoans, according to a 2019 report from the Chicago Department of Public Health. While the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 addresses the crisis nationally, Chicago health officials want to target local inequities.
Reset breaks down new policy and other efforts to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for Black parents.
GUESTS: Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation
Dr. Candice Robinson, medical director of the bureau of maternal, infant, child and adolescent health at the Chicago Department of Public Health
