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.
“I founded Save a Rose Foundation after losing my life partner Amber Rose Isaac due to an unscheduled C section that stemmed from medical negligence,” Bruce McIntyre said. “She was supposed to be walking on stage receiving her master’s degree with my son in her arms. Due to medical negligence and systemic racism, we’re not going to be able to see that.”