Kansas looks to be an increasingly dangerous place to give birth, especially for women of color. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that maternal deaths per 100,000 live births within a month and a half of giving birth nearly doubled nationwide between 2018 and 2021. A disproportionate number of Black mothers made […]
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Pregnancy is deadlier if you’re Black. Missouri wants to shrink maternal mortality rates
Takeaways: Traci Dancy got pregnant with her first daughter at age 30. She didn’t have diabetes, high cholesterol or any other conditions that added extra danger to her pregnancy. Still, she worried. “As a person of color, I am very aware of the dangers and risks,” said Dancy, who lives in Lee’s Summit with her […]