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Two Black pregnant women delivered in crisis after hospitals delayed emergency care, with one giving birth on an Indiana highway in a viral incident.

Black women die at nearly 3.5 times the rate of white women at childbirth, a disparity advocates attribute to systemic racism in healthcare.

Both hospitals have taken corrective action, but families and civil rights advocates demand systemic change in medical training and healthcare culture nationwide.

Two pregnant Black women nearly 1,000 miles apart were ready to do what many do every day: welcome new bundles of joy, and just before the start of the holiday season. Instead, the health of both women and their babies was put at risk

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