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A 2024 study from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine suggests increasing racial diversity among providers could help slow inequities in obstetrics care. Data shows roughly 10% of ...

Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica, Sonia Pierre of the Dominican Republic, and Mia Mottley of Barbados — three women who ...