Black Lives Matter

Loving Arms Childbirth Services

Statement Regarding “Black Lives Matter”

Loving Arms Childbirth Services recognizes due to continual years of institutionalized racism, women of color and particularly Black women, are dis-proportionally affected in their pregnancies and birth experiences.  Disturbingly, pregnancy-related mortality rates are as much as 4 times higher for Black women as they are for white women and infant mortality is 2.3 times higher for Black babies than white babies (https://www.marchofdimes.org/Peristats/ViewSubtopic.aspx…). While we know quality midwifery care (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/16/lower-maternal-infant-mortality-rates-we-must-bring-back-midwives/) leads to better outcomes for all people and families, unfortunately this type of care is often not covered by Medi-Cal and other public insurance options. For families and people of color seeking culturally relevant and respectful care, it is even harder to find providers who inherently understand and relate to their lived experience particularly in the hospital system.At Loving Arms we believe Black Lives Matter.