The Reproductive Justice Team invites you to the final film in our film series on reproductive issues, “Before a Breath” produced by ProPublica. This week’s film will address stillbirth from a personal and legislative perspective. We are offering it on Mother’s Day in honor of women who have not been able or choose not to become mothers.
Every day in the U.S., about 60 pregnancies end in stillbirth, the death of an expected child at 20 weeks or more of pregnancy. Research shows that at least 1 in 4 stillbirths in the U.S. is likely preventable. In pregnancies that reach 37 weeks or more, nearly half of stillbirths may be preventable. The failure to address preventable stillbirth is disproportionately felt by Black people, Native Hawaiian
people and other Pacific Islanders, who are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to experience such a loss.
Please join us and invite others outside the church who may have experienced this tragedy or know someone who has to join us in solidarity with these women and their families on this very important issue.
