back to our panel now, dr doee kitessa, _ helena. this whole issue should be tackled. we were just hearing there from the first lady of newjersey on the issue. are those some solutions that you think could be implanted more broadly, to you, dr curry—winchell? broadly, to you, dr curry-winchell? broadly, to you, dr cur -winchell? , ~ curry-winchell? yes, i think this is a great _ curry-winchell? yes, i think this is a great step, - curry-winchell? yes, i think this is a great step, and - this is a great step, and finding— this is a great step, and finding ways to increase access, _ finding ways to increase access, but we also cannot forget, _ access, but we also cannot forget, without access, as we talked — forget, without access, as we talked about, it is all social economics, so we have to lean into, _ economics, so we have to lean into, what— economics, so we have to lean into, what are we doing to invest— into, what are we doing to invest in— into, what are we doing to invest in unconscious bias, meaning _ invest in unconscious bi

earlier, i spoke to dr doee kitessa, she's an 0b/gyn at the university of maryland medical center andiversity of maryland school of medicine, and dr bayo curry—winchell, who is a medical director, physician and public health communicator based in reno, nevada. before we talk to the causes and what you think needs to be done, i want to talk about how how the women you look after are feeling, and i'm sure they're aware of these are alarming numbers. do you hear black women, women from minority backgrounds being worried about what could happen to them during their pregnancies? yes, thank you for having me, and absolutely, i hear from my patients regularly, black women, and especially that they are scared and afraid, and you see the statistics that black women and three times more likely to die, it's very frightening and patients are expressing those fears as well. what are your patients telling you about their experiences, their fears in a country where they are cognizant of the fact that they are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related courses? when you think about the his

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