Biden-Harris campaign on Black maternal health and abortion rights to run in NC

The Biden-Harris campaign is running an ad in Raleigh, Charlotte, and five other cities focused on Black maternal health and reproductive rights.  The ad features an Atlanta women’s health nurse practitioner, Shawana Moore, who says “Overturning Roe was just the beginning.” The ad is running in a seven cities in five battleground states with a focus on reaching voters of color, according to the campaign.  “I think there’s fear and uncertainty,” Moore says in the ad. “My heart ached for patients needing care.” Black women are more than three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Abortion bans and restrictions are predicted to hit Black women hardest by increasing the mortality gap and exacerbating the problem of maternity care deserts.  Black women in the NC Senate argued during last year’s debate over North Carolina’s 12-week ban that the law will increase the death rate for pregnant Black women in the state.  A University of Colorado research calculated that a nationwide abortion ban would result in an overall 21% increase in maternal mortality, and increase Black maternal deaths by 33%.  A national survey of OBGYNs conducted by KFF last year...