Particularly on the heels of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, employers have addressed rekindled interest in reproductive health benefits and activism. Still, one element of the mainstream conversation that may be missing is intersectionality.
Research firm Mercer published a Dec. 1 report highlighting the U.S. maternal mortality rate — which is the highest “among high-income countries,” researchers noted — and how this phenomenon disproportionately affects Black and Native American people.