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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun May 22, 2022, 06:27 AM May 2022

Senator Bill Cassidy: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women [View all]

WokeMindVirusHat Retweeted

YES HE SAID THAT:

Senator Bill Cassidy on the state of Louisiana having one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the nation:

"We wouldn't be much of an outlier if you subtract the African American population from our numbers."

vanityfair.com
Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women
“If you correct our population for race, we’re not as much of an outlier as it’d otherwise appear.”


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