Example, she put forward a birth equity initiative in our state to address the fact that Three times as many black women die from pregnancy-related conditions than white women. Three times as many. And that's true across the country, but we needed to address it in the state of Illinois. She put that program together, she fought for it. (19:39–19:57)
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Asserts that black women face three times the mortality rate from pregnancy-related conditions compared to white women.
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