scrub less, save more...with dawn >>> kordell was very aware of the mortality rate of black women giving birth. february 26th. she was receiving an award for a documentary that she did in harlem. >> she was on a stage. she said, i'd like to address the elephant in the room. i'm pregnant. and just to see the joy in her eyes when she talked about it. it was beautiful to watch. that's what i hold on to a lot. the next day, the next morning, we got up and headed to the hospital to have the scheduled c-section. the reason we ended up in this hospital is because the hospitals in our neighborhoods, they don't offer the things that we need. you know, sometimes i struggle with driving her in there, you know, like -- wow. i just drove the love of my life to her death. >> black women in the united states are about three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. a black woman who has more than a college education across the united states is five times more likely than a white woman to die in child bird. the united states is the only high-income nation where women