… last week Black Maternal Health Week, which I actually was responsible for getting the legislation when I was in the Senate to acknowledge the fact that the horrendous fact that Black women have the highest rate of maternal mortality of any group of women in America. and America has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality period of any so called developed country. But where has everybody been on that on the issue of childcare, affordable child care? (17:17–17:23)
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Asserts that black women face the highest maternal mortality rates in the U.S.
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