What Black Maternal Health Disparities Mean For Childless Black Women
This Black Maternal Health Week, there is another perspective deserving consideration: childless Black women whose fear due to maternal health disparities has impacted their decision to have kids.
Baby Dove Launches Black Birth Equity Fund To Protect Expectant Moms, "Melanin-Rich" Line To Protect Black Babies
"We view our role of driving change as an extension of our responsibility as leaders in the beauty industry."
9 Black Doulas And Midwives To Follow Now — Whether You're Expecting Or Not
Learn about your options and the work that's being done by these ladies to make the birthing process safer for Black women.
San Francisco To Give Expecting Black Moms $1,000 Stipend
The Abundant Birth Project is said to be the first of its kind in the United States.
Rep. Ilhan Omar Speaks On The Importance Of Addressing Racial Bias In Black Maternal Care
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) explains to ESSENCE why there is a need for a cultural reckoning regarding how we address the Black maternal mortality crisis
Protesters Emerge Outside Of Brooklyn Hospital After Black Mom Dies Giving Birth
Family and friends of Sha-Asia Washington demand transparency and justice following her death.
This Woman Is Live Streaming Her Home Birth To Help Black Women
"[I'm] thinking about women, specifically women of color and Black women, who are pregnant," says Marz Lovejoy.