Georgia consistently ranks among the bottom 10 states for the number of mothers who die during childbirth. But experts and advocates agree, many of the deaths could have been avoided. According to the Department of Public Health, 70% of Georgia’s maternal deaths from 2012 to 2016 were preventable. Dr. Natalie Hernandez, an assistant professor at Morehouse School of Medicine and executive director of the Center for Maternal Health Equity, explains in this story that Black women in Georgia are nearly three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women.
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