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Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or access to care. Even professional, middle-class Black women are at a much higher risk of premature birth than low-income White women in the United States. Dána-Ain Davis looks into this phenomenon, placing racial differences in birth outcomes into a historical context, revealing that ideas about reproduction and race today have been influenced by the legacy of ideas which developed during the era of slavery.

U.S. prisons and jails are not designed for women. When our carceral system was built, women inmates were few and far between. Now, the numbered of incarcerated women is growing much faster than the number of incarcerated men. But the system remains unprepared for even the most basic of women's health needs. How bad is this humanitarian nightmare, really, and what can we do it?