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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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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Here's an article about it that can actually be read.

[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He continued: "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."

Maybe you should look into that, Senator.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 7 points 18 hours ago

Oh, it's probably just genetic, just like how black and Hispanic men are uniquely genetically qualified to labor in the fields ... /S