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April Mickens Jolly

April Mickens Jolly

Vice President of Health Equity & Culture, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region & Southwest Missouri

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'It's preventable. We have Black mothers dying at three to four times the rates of white women, and it doesn't have to be like that.'

'It's preventable. We have Black mothers dying at three to four times the rates of white women, and it doesn't have to be like that.'

April Mickens Jolly is the Vice President of Health Equity & Culture at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri – and a Black mother.

According to the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Black women in Missouri are 4 times more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than white women.

So, Mickens Jolly spoke about how this serious problem goes beyond just getting to a doctor, and about what communities can do to decrease the risk of pregnancy for Black women.

This piece was reported and produced by Rachel Schnelle.

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