RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — State lawmakers, doctors and stakeholders from across the United States convened in Richmond on Friday to try and improve maternal health outcomes from Black Americans.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, regardless of socioeconomic status.
“I was one of the statistics,” Hampton Roads area resident Nichole Wardlaw told 8News…