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Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women (www.vanityfair.com)

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[–] ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

In an interview with Politico, the following words came out of Cassidy’s mouth: “About a third of our population is African American; African Americans have a higher incidence of maternal mortality. So, if you correct our population for race, we’re not as much of an outlier as it’d otherwise appear. Now, I say that not to minimize the issue but to focus the issue as to where it would be. For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality.”

Scum POS. I'm sure he will start fixing the issue instead contributing to it.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I think he's pointing out that this is a federal race-connected issue, not a local state issue. As in other states have similar stats if you group the numbers by race.

If that is correct, that's a fair assessment. He should obviously work with the rest of Congress to solve that national issue, though, and he should really spearhead it if it affects his state more.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Still a greater Louisiana problem

Overall, according to Louisiana's Department of Health, "four black mothers die for every white mother" in the state. It outpaces a three-to-one ratio nationwide, which is already the worst in the developed world, Politico reported.

https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-la-outlier-maternal-death-rate-skewed-black-women-2022-5

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