UN knocks US for Black maternal mortality

Associated Press/Wong Maye-E The United Nations condemned the United States after a new report found that pregnant Black women and girls face a systemic and historical pattern of racist abuse in the health sector.

The report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) found that Afrodescendent women are abused and neglected due to systemic racism and sexism in the health care system across both South and North America, with the U.S. having the largest discrepancy in maternal death rates despite being the richest.

“The scourge of racism continues for Black women and girls in the Americas, many of whom are descendants […]

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