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Second Opinion with Joan Lunden
Racial Disparities in Maternal Health
Season 18
Episode 1802
Pregnant women in the United States are more than twice as likely to die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth than those in most other high- income countries in the world. And behind these statistics lie startling racial disparities in the care, treatment, and health outcomes for women of color.