Adria Watson

Adria is a junior at Sacramento State University where she is majoring in journalism. She has written and served as co-news editor for The State Hornet and freelanced for The Sacramento Bee. She comes to us through the Emma Bowen Foundation summer internship program, which CALmatters participates in.

Maternal mortality and complications in pregnancy remain higher for black women in California. A bill by Sen. Holly Mitchell would address persistent racial bias in medicine.

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A black mother told not to scream in labor asks: Can California fix racism in maternity care?

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