Illinois Bill Targets Maternal Health Inequities with Expanded Bias Training
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Illinois Bill Targets Maternal Health Inequities with Expanded Bias Training

2025-05-26
State Senator Willie Preston has advanced new legislation aiming to address maternal health disparities among marginalized communities in Illinois. House Bill 2517, which has passed the Senate, seeks to expand implicit bias training for health care workers, with a focus on risk factors affecting Black women, who face a pregnancy-related mortality rate three times higher than white women. The training will cover current death statistics, identify specific risk factors for marginalized groups, and...
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