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As a News21 Buffet Foundation fellow, Shelby Rae Wills reported on maternal mortality disparities in North Carolina (left) and the criminalization of pregnancy in Alabama (right). Click the links to see the full articles.

Activists unite to fight Black maternal mortalityBlack women are far more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women across the U.S. In the South, activists and providers are working to overcome these disparities, which they worry will worsen amid abortion bans.

Even before Roe v. Wade reversal, pregnant people faced criminalization in the U.S.Even before the reversal of Roe v. Wade, actions to criminalize behavior during pregnancy occurred across the country. Now, experts worry they’ll see far more cases.

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