More Black Women are Giving Birth Outside of Hospitals

According to a report released in April by the Partnership for Women & Families, in 2020 community births increased by 24% among Hispanic women, 26% among Indigenous women, and 30% among Black women. One of the biggest reasons for the higher rates of community births was the COVID-19 pandemic. Black women were fearful of giving birth in hospitals filled with COVID patients and also exposing newborns to the virus. Mothers also said they feared catching COVID and being separated from their newborns. That fear leads to a steady increase in community births among Black women. Read more here.