News 4 Debrief

How Systemic Racism Makes Black Women More Likely to Die in Childbirth


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Black women are three to four times more likely to die in child birth than white women. And of those deaths, the Centers for Disease Control says 60 percent are preventable. David Ushery sits down with Checkey Beckford and Dr. Laurie Zephyrin to talk about why that is - and how to close the gap.

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News 4 DebriefBy NBC New York

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