… suffering more trauma in the course of delivering their babies than white women — in ways both big and small. Black women are twice as likely to suffer from severe complications during pregnancy and childbirth and, though obviously much harder to quantify, personal stories from black mothers who felt disrespected and brushed off during labor abound.
Some doctors have even said that Black women are 234% more likely to be ignored pain.
With Mrs. Obama being so open about this subject can only help bring light to the subject.