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Being Black and pregnant in the Deep South can be a dangerous combination

Being Black and pregnant in the Deep South can be a dangerous combination

  • December 21, 2023
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By Lauren Sausser (Special to Black Headline News) O’laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors. Davis had planned to give birth at a small community hospital about 20 minutes from her home in North Charleston, South Carolina. But that changed

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