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Public Advocate weeps while calling for birth equity healthcare package

By Dean Moses Posted on February 7, 2022
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A tearful Jumaane Williams led a coalition of advocates in Times Square Monday to raise awareness for birth equality.

With February serving as Black History Month, husbands of Black and Brown women who have perished during childbirth dug their feet in a weather-beaten Duffy Square on Feb. 7 and used the occasion to rebuke what they say is a lack of quality medical care for minority women in areas like the Bronx. 

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Public Advocate weeps while calling for birth equity healthcare package

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