The Washington Post (2/26) reported, “Systemic racism, lack of access to mental health” clinicians and “financial challenges are factors that may make the postpartum experiences of Black women all the more challenging.” What’s more, “challenges facing Black parents have been compounded by the pandemic and the uncertainty of raising a Black baby.” Recently, “the House of Representatives Black Maternal Health Caucus…introduced legislation to provide training for about 30,000 doulas and expand postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months, as part of its Momnibus Act.” While “portions of this legislation passed as part of the Build Back Better Act in the House in late November,” they “have yet to pass in the Senate.”
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