Black mothers have the highest cesarean rate of any major racial group in the United States. Recent CDC data put it at roughly 35% to 36% of births, compared with about 31% for white mothers, in a country where about 32% of all births are by cesarean. The gap persists among low-risk first-time mothers, the […]

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