"I'm proud to cosponsor my colleagues @RepAdams @RepUnderwood's resolution honoring #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, and urge everyone to follow @BlkMamasMattera leader in the movement to nurture, empower, defend, and advocate for Black mamas, Black families, and Black systems of care."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Barbara Lee:
"Due to centuries of racism, poverty, & structural inequality in health care, Black women are 3-5x more likely to have a maternal death than white women in the United Statesthe worst maternal health in the developed world.#BlackMamas matter."Read on Twitter
"Its simple: untraceable ghost guns have no place on our streets.To reduce crime, gun violence, and senseless deaths, we must take action to rein in ghost guns and require background checks when purchasing gun kits its commonsense." on April 11Read on Twitter
"Lizelle Herrera should never have been arrested. Horrifyingly, cases like hers are becoming more common.Whats nextarresting people for buying birth control? In a post-Roe world, this type of criminalizationespecially of women of color like Lizellewill explode." on April 11Read on Twitter
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