https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7434425&GUID=9A4076A1-EED1-41B5-A47F-33ED37B5E766Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7434425&GUID=9A4076A1-EED1-41B5-A47F-33ED37B5E7669A4076A1-EED1-41B5-A47F-33ED37B5E766-2025-06-12-17-47-55Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING BLACK INFERTILITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH WEEK IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Black women in the United States experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of death related to pregnancy or childbirth, and are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, numbers that are mirrored in Illinois; and WHEREAS, a person’s race should never determine their health outcomes, and pregnancy and childbirth should be safe for all. However, for far too many Black women, safety and equity have been tragically denied due to generations of systemic disadvantages in health care delivery and health care access, including lack of access to health care information and services, lack of insurance coverage, denial of therapeutics, limited access to contraceptive services, and cultural biases and discrimination in medical practice and medical education; and WHEREAS, additionally overall reproductive health challenges affecting Black individuals and families related to challengeThu, 12 Jun 2025 17:47:55 GMT