Health groups call for suspending state plan on maternal deaths, saying it burdens patients

Dozens of maternal health organizations and advocates are urging the California surgeon general to suspend the rollout of a plan aimed at reducing maternal mortality, saying that the recently ... Read More

Health groups protest California’s plan to reduce maternal deaths

Dozens of maternal health organizations and advocates are pressuring the California surgeon general to stop the rollout of a plan aimed at reducing maternal mortality, The Los Angeles Times reported ... Read More

Maternal deaths in the U.S. more than doubled over two decades with Black mothers dying at the highest rate

Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation's highest rates, while the largest increases in ... Read More

U.S. maternal deaths more than doubled over 20 years. Here’s who fared the worst

Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in ... Read More

Health groups call for suspending state plan on maternal deaths, saying it burdens patients

In a letter to the state surgeon general, dozens of maternal health advocates say a new state plan to reduce maternal mortality fails to address systemic racism and puts an undue burden on individuals ... Read More

Health groups call for suspending state plan on maternal deaths, saying it burdens patients

Dana Sherrod, executive director of the California Coalition for Black Birth Justice, at the organization's MacArthur Park offices in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) ... Read More