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Biden-Harris
Campaign,
Detroit
Community
Leaders,
and
Advocates
Spotlight
the
Threat
Trump
Poses to
Black
Mothers
and
Maternal
Health
DETROIT
- On
Wednesday,
the
Biden-Harris
campaign
marked
Black
Maternal
Health
Week in
Detroit
with
Wayne
County
Commission
Chair
Alisha
Bell,
former
CEO of
DMC
Detroit
Receiving
Hospital
Dr. Iris
Taylor,
Detroit
Medical
Center
SEIU
Union
Liaison
Eleanor
Denise
Campbell,
and
local
mother
of two
Aisha
Wells to
highlight
President
Biden
and Vice
President
Harris’
historic
investment
in
maternal
health
as
Donald
Trump’s
agenda
threatens
to
worsen
the
Black
maternal
health
crisis.
In
Michigan,
Black
women
were 2.8
times
more
likely
to die
from
pregnancy-related
causes
than
white
women
from
2015 to
2019,
and
Trump’s
endorsement
of
extreme
abortion
bans and
threats
to cut
Medicaid
would
greatly
exacerbate
the
maternal
health
crisis.
Not only
do
Donald
Trump’s
abortion
bans
drive
away
health
care
workers,
as
applications
to
OB-GYN
residencies
in
states
with
near-total
bans
fell
after
Roe was
overturned,
but one
study
also
found
that
women
living
in
states
with
bans are
up to
three
times
more
likely
to die
during
pregnancy,
in
childbirth,
or soon
after
giving
birth.
Meanwhile,
Joe
Biden
and
Kamala
Harris
have
pledged
to fight
to
restore
the
protections
of Roe
v. Wade
nationwide
and have
worked
to
reduce
disparities
so that
Black
women
are able
to have
healthy
and safe
pregnancies
and
births –
no
matter
where
they
live.
“Abortion
bans
lead to
higher
Black
maternal
mortality
rates
and
worsens
outcomes
for
Black
moms and
their
babies,”
said
Alisha
Bell,
Wayne
County
Commissioner
Chair.
“There’s
a stark
contrast
between
Kamala
Harris’
commitment
to Black
women’s
health
and
Donald
Trump’s
nonstop
threats
[and it]
is
damning.
While
the vice
president
rallied
in Grand
Rapids
with
Michiganders
against
Trump’s
threats,
Donald
Trump
talks
about
the
abortion
bans,
and he
is doing
all that
he can
do to
make
sure
that
women's
rights
are not
going
forward.
… If we
care
about
the
health
of Black
mothers
we have
to
reelect
President
Biden
and Vice
President
Harris.”
Participants
included
(from
left to
right)
Detroit
Medical
Center
SEIU
Union
Liaison
Eleanor
Denise
Campbell,
former
CEO of
DMC
Detroit
Receiving
Hospital
Dr. Iris
Taylor,
local
mother
of two
Aisha
Wells,
and
Wayne
County
Commission
Chair
Alisha
Bell
“The
Trump
administration
did not
put
maternal
mortality
as a
priority,”
said Dr.
Iris
Taylor,
former
CEO of
DMC
Detroit
Receiving
Hospital.
“Our
babies
deserve
to have
healthy
lives.
Our moms
deserve
to live
and have
healthy
births.
So we
need to
stand
strong.
And not
only
have
scientists
and
health
care
providers
who
understand
the
fight,
but in
the
political
arena
that we
have a
team of
individuals
who have
said, we
take
this on
as a
priority,
and
we're
going to
help
ensure
that we
continue
the
fight to
reduce
infant
and
maternal
mortality.”
“Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
[and]
President
Joe
Biden,
they are
making
communities
like
ours
accessible
to
quality
health
care,”
said
Eleanor
Denise
Campbell,
Detroit
Medical
Center
SEIU
Union
Liaison.
“And the
most
terrifying
thought
in my
mind is
that if
Donald
Trump
gets in
office
again
how
could
this
impact
our
community?
… I'm
standing
tall for
President
Biden,
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris,
and I do
not want
Donald
Trump to
get
anywhere
near the
Oval
Office
ever
again.”
“Donald
Trump is
promising
to cut
the
Affordable
Care
[Act] …
and he
gutted
access
to
reproductive
health
care in
Black
communities.
Trump
knew
that one
of the
most
effective
ways to
lower
Black
maternal
health
was to
expand
Medicaid,
but he
sabotaged
its
expansion
anyway,”
said
Aisha
Wells,
local
mother
of two.
“Reelecting
Donald
Trump
poses a
real
threat
to Black
mothers.
Reelecting
President
Biden
and Vice
President
Harris
is a
vote to
protect
Black
mothers.
…
President
Biden
helped
ensure
Michigan
could
expand
Medicaid,
helping
35,000
pregnant
and
postpartum
Michiganders
every
year.
And, the
administration
invested
$19
million
right
here in
Michigan
to
address
racial
disparities
in
maternal
health.”
The
Biden-Harris
administration
is
leading
the
charge
to
address
these
disparities
by
developing
the
Blueprint
for
Addressing
the
Maternal
Health
Crisis.
The plan
lays out
how to
improve
maternal
health
outcomes,
reduce
maternal
mortality
and
morbidity,
and
better
the
overall
experience
during
and
after
pregnancy.
And the
administration
is
continuously
engaging
with
state
legislators
and
medical
professionals
to make
it
happen.
Additionally,
President
Biden’s
American
Rescue
Plan
also
allows
states
to give
Medicaid
beneficiaries
a full
year of
postpartum
coverage
rather
than
only 6o
days.
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