Detroit Art Exhibition Highlights Black Maternal Mortality Crisis Amid Michigan Medicaid Cuts
Mothering Justice and the ARIAH Foundation are hosting In Her Honor in Detroit August 26-28, an art exhibition and community event series spotlighting Black maternal mortality, where Black women die at three times the rate of white women from pregnancy-related causes. The event highlights Michigan-specific challenges including 15 counties with little to no birthing facilities, recent Planned Parenthood clinic closures, and federal Medicaid funding cuts. Organizers emphasize that 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable and aim to humanize the crisis through portraits and stories of families affected by maternal mortality.
Maternal health advocacy events like this often precede state Medicaid policy action on maternity care access, doula coverage expansion, and perinatal quality measurement — areas where states are increasingly investing federal matching funds.
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