GOP Senator Says Maternal Death Rate Isn't As Bad If You Don't Count Black Women
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is under fire after arguing that the state's poor maternal mortality rate is only an outlier because of the high proportion of Black women, who are four times more likely to die during pregnancy than white women, and that the rate would be more standand if the numbers were corrected for race. What do you think?
Marco Glassman
It sounds bad to discount Black women, but it's possible he's just a doctor.
Benefactor