How We Care Matters: Reproductive Justice and the Black Maternal Health Crisis

Authors

Addisa Z. Rigaud, Macalester CollegeFollow

Abstract

Using a framework of Reproductive Justice, this piece locates what reproductive care could be and should be. In doing so, I highlight the inherent potential of Midwifery practices to remedy the Black Maternal and Infant Mortality Crisis in the United States.

Author Biography

Addisa Rigaud (she/her) hails from Bronx, New York. She is a graduating senior majoring in American Studies at Macalester College. She is infuriated by the Black Maternal Health Crisis and plans to become a Midwife in order to fight for Reproductive Justice, Rights and Health for Black women, using her undergraduate education in American Studies as the foundation for her future Midwifery practice.

Recommended Citation

Rigaud, Addisa Z. (2021) "How We Care Matters: Reproductive Justice and the Black Maternal Health Crisis," Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/tapestries/vol10/iss1/5

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