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Podcast: A Health Podyssey
Episode: Monica Simpson Examines Black Women's Lived Experiences with Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services
Description: Racism manifests in different ways for different people in different environments.For many Black women, experiences with sexual and reproductive health reveal cross-cutting themes of racism, sexism, and classism, all expressed in the context of strong social norms and prejudices regarding Black women and reproduction. Attention to poor health outcomes for Black women has grown recently in part due to stories of negative maternity experiences of prominent Black women, such as Serena Williams. Congress has gotten into the act as well and taken steps to address the crisis of h...