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State of Delaware : A series of bills was created to improve Black maternal healthcare delivery | Rep. Minor-Brown (DE)
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Committee of Jurisdiction: Health and Human Services

Introduction

This series of bills was created to improve Black maternal healthcare delivery, decrease maternal mortality rates and decrease adverse experiences that Black women too often experience during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Black women are dying 3 x’s faster than their white counterparts and black infants are dying 4-5 times faster than their white counterparts before the age of one.

State Action

Delaware

NBCSL Member Sponsor(s):
  • Rep. Minor-Brown (DE)

Summary: State of Delaware : A series of bills was created to improve Black maternal healthcare delivery