By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated April 11, 2024
Every year, Black Maternal Health Week occurs from April 11-17. The Black Mamas Matter Alliance, which leads and founded this campaign, revealed this year’s theme is “‘Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!’ Widespread restrictions on abortion care access coupled with rising cases of criminalization due to pregnancy loss continue to widen the gaps of adverse maternal and birth outcomes in the