“Justice says that black women should not die in childbirth at three times the rate as white women.”
Not certain what this means. Is he saying more white women need to die? I thought he was of the ilk that there are too many people. We should note that fewer women die in childbirth under free-market systems than socialist systems.
"Why" is the big question because the CDC says it doesn't seem to correlate well to other factors like years of schooling, wealth, urban/rural and so forth.
The black maternal mortality rate is high in black-majority cities (Detroit, BIrmingham, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans) as well in areas where blacks are a minority. Interestingly NBC News reports that Washington, D.C. has, overall (all races) the highest maternal mortality rate in the U.S.
One thing that occurs to me, is that black women also have 3x the abortion rate of white women. Abortion can set up complications in subsequent pregnancies, including infections, internal scarring, cervical failure, and rH sensitization.
I have a hunch that's the one factor they (CDC and other "experts") haven't quite looked into yet.