A midwife’s death days after childbirth complications reignites the conversation around Black maternal health

Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina. Less than a week after ...
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The long shadow of the one-child policy: China pays for its biggest social experiment with a demographic crisis

The low birth rate is one of the greatest headaches for Beijing, which in just 10 years has moved from strict family-planning ...

'Her worst fear has come to pass': Midwife who advocated for Black women dies after giving birth

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...

Why Did Andrea Yates Drown Her Children? Inside the Tragic Case and Why She Believed Her Kids 'Could Never Be Saved'

Andrea Yates killed her five children by drowning in June 2001. Here's everything to know about why Andrea Yates drowned her ...

It Doesn’t Surprise Me That a Black Midwife Died in Childbirth

Yet, on Jan. 2, she died from childbirth complications. She was only 31 years old. I see her death as a profound failure of ...

Family reacts to death of Dr. Janell Green Smith, a Black midwife who died after childbirth

Dr. Janell Green Smith’s life was dedicated to finding solutions to the crisis of Black women dying in childbirth. That was until she herself died just days after giving birth to her daughter. One of ...