Systemic racism affects maternity care for black women in England, say MPs

<p>Commons committee finds women’s concerns not taken seriously due to bias, stereotyping and racist assumptions</p><p>Black women in England are still facing poorer outcomes in their maternity care due to systemic racism, alongside failures in leadership and data collection, according to a group of MPs.</p><p>Across the UK, black women are more than <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/20/maternal-deaths-rising-in-uk-despite-fewer-births-official-figures-show">twice as likely</a> to die in childbirth compared with their white counterparts, while babies born to black mothers are at an increased risk of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/19/black-babies-stillborn-almost-twice-rate-white-babies-ons-england-wales">stillbirth</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/17/systemic-racism-affects-maternity-care-for-black-women-in-england-say-mps">Continue reading...</a>