I’m not sure that access to care is particularly the issue. I mean, it’s part of it, but when you have women like Beyonce and Venus Williams describing thier near death experiences while giving birth, there’s something else going on here.

Doctor education and bias, I believe, have alot to do with this issue. Women of color, esp. Black women, have the same rates of complications as white women do, but they die at a much higher rate. Many doctors don’t want to listen to thier patients or don’t recognize that diseases prevalent in communities of color take a larger toll than expected on a pregnant woman. Some doctors just cant or plain don’t want to take the time to ensure that the pregnancy is deveolping in a healthy fashion for both the mother and the child.

And, now, with abortion bans driving doctors out of states that already have an issue, the problem is only going to get worse.