Everything About the Coronavirus-Fueled Home Birth Trend Ignores the Realities for Black Women (Mother Jones)

Karen Clemmer 6/15/204:14 PM

Becca Andrews, June 15, 2020, Mother Jones

“The solutions are within our communities, and people need to trust Black women, listen to Black women, and invest in Black women.”

As a low-income, Black mother of seven, Laurie Bertram Roberts has limited faith in the medical establishment. So do her children. Back in March, when her middle daughter Kayla’s due date was inching closer amid a global pandemic, they made a decision: Kayla would deliver her baby at home.

It wasn’t just one thing that made their decision. It was that the coronavirus disproportionately affects communities of color and was creeping up in Mississippi, where they live. It was that Kayla has asthma, and they worried that would make her more vulnerable to the coronavirus.

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