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Governor signs California’s Momnibus Act, to reduce racial disparities

“Jen Flory, policy advocate with the Western Center on Law & Poverty, thanked Newsom for “recognizing the need for California to face its Black maternal health crisis head-on.” By passing the bill, she said, “our state is making a down payment on the investment needed to correct the disparities Black and Indigenous birthing people have faced for too long.”

Governor signs California’s Momnibus Act, to reduce racial disparities

OPINION: How to improve California’s deadly record of outcomes for Black births

Nourbese Flint, Executive Director at Black Women for Wellness Action Project, and Jen Flory, Policy Advocate at Western Center, penned an op-ed in CalMatters explaining the need for SB 65 to combat California’s rising mortality rate for Black people who give birth.

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