Black Americans face a US healthcare system still impaired by structural racism and implicit bias.
The situation is especially dire for Black people going through pregnancies.
We spoke with Kenda Sutton-EL, founder and executive director of Birth in Color, a Richmond-based nonprofit, to get her outlook on the current black maternal health crisis facing Virginians and Black Americans nationwide.
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