Black Maternal Health & the Path to Healing
Sadie Broekemeier | MA, LADC, LPCCPublished on: 17/04/2026
Every year during Black Maternal Health Week, we are reminded of a painful truth: Black women in America die from pregnancy-related causes at rates that no high-income nation should accept. These deaths are not inevitable. They are the result of systems, of bias, of neglect, of a healthcare culture that has historically discounted Black women’s pain, their instincts, and their lives.
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