{"id":38509,"date":"2025-07-06T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/fighting-maternal-deaths-sc-summit-aims-to-protect-black-mothers-and-babies\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:15:04","slug":"fighting-maternal-deaths-sc-summit-aims-to-protect-black-mothers-and-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/fighting-maternal-deaths-sc-summit-aims-to-protect-black-mothers-and-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Maternal Deaths: SC Summit Aims to Protect Black Mothers and Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJgGzxHiIzs?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A South Carolina doula service is working to combat alarming maternal death rates among Black women. Birth Matters in Spartanburg County is hosting a &#8220;Healthy Beginnings&#8221; summit to help educate women about their rights and available resources during pregnancy and childbirth. Nationally, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the CDC. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Birth Matters Summit in Spartanburg<br \/>\n00:40 Personal Story: Teen Mom Finds Support<br \/>\n01:20 CDC Maternal Mortality Statistics<br \/>\n01:50 How Doulas Support Mothers<br \/>\n02:30 Local Resources for Moms in Spartanburg<br \/>\n03:10 Free Mental Health Support for Mothers<br \/>\n03:50 How to Attend the Healthy Beginnings Summit<\/p>\n<p>The summit aims to empower mothers with knowledge, support, and access to doulas, mental health services, and community resources \u2014 all aimed at creating safer, healthier outcomes for moms and babies. 7 News&#8217; Christine Scarpelli has the story from Spartanburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Carolina doula service is working to combat alarming maternal death rates among Black women. Birth Matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}