An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed yearly by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths – due to childbirth complications – were preventable. Now, their families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling, yet largely ignored, crisis.
Aftershock
Following the deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, two bereaved families galvanize activists, birth workers, and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises today: the US maternal health crisis.
