Cori Bush Testifies Before Congress About 'Racist' Treatment During Childbirth, Faces Backlash For Using Term 'Birthing People'
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Rep. Cori Bush scorched for referring to women as ‘birthing people:' She's reducing mothers 'to a function'Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush riled up her online critics on Thursday when she referred to women as "birthing people" during a congressional hearing.
The "squad" member was heavily ridiculed after she publicly refrained from using the word "women" during a Democratic oversight committee hearing where she recounted her personal experience with difficult pregnancies to raise awareness of the rising maternal death rate among Black expectant mothers.
Bush shared a video of the hearing to her Twitter page with the caption, "Every day, Black birthing people and our babies...
From the Left
Black moms are more likely to die in childbirth. Will Congress do anything about it?Lawmakers pushing to address the nation’s rising maternal death rate — particularly among Black women — heard testimony Thursday on what Congress can do to address the problem
The rate of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. is the worst of any industrialized country, and the number of such deaths has steadily risen over the last 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2019, the most recent year for which data are available, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. was 20.1 per 100,000 live...
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Bush testifies before Congress about racist treatment Black birthing people face during childbirth, pregnancyRep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) testified before Congress on Thursday about the “racist treatment” she said she and other Black people have experienced in the health care system during childbirth and pregnancy.
The moment came as the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing examining the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis faced by Black birthing people, a gender inclusive term that encompasses all who give birth, in the nation.
During her testimony, Bush, a nurse and mother of two, opened up about her personal experience in which said she had...
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