Harper's BAZAARさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Harper's BAZAARInstagram)「Sha-Asia Washington, a 26-year-old woman, was looking forward to the day she would welcome her baby girl into the world. During her pregnancy, she and her partner Juwan Lopez posed for an intimate maternity shoot, the likeness of which is captured in the above artwork by @karasibirth. But, a few days past her due date, she was admitted to the hospital with abnormally high blood pressure and encouraged to undergo an epidural. She went into cardiac arrest and died shortly after. Her baby, Khloe Sha-Asia Ann Lopez, survived. ⁣ ⁣ Doula Latham Thomas (@glowmaven) spoke to BAZAAR about Washington’s “preventable” death–and how the U.S. medical system at large is failing Black mothers. “If you think about the way that we look up to doctors, or that we feel like we’re beneath them, it is very much in the same way that we act in submission to law enforcement,” she said. “If you look at the parallels between what we’re seeing in terms of state violence on-screen, on our phones, in the streets, that’s happening disproportionately to Black and Brown people. You can also see a similar pattern in terms of how Black bodies are treated inside of another institution, which is the American medical system. This goes beyond birth, and how Black and Brown bodies are treated in those spaces. And then that’s not even to layer LGBTQ folk, or other intersections of identity.” Head to the link in our bio to read what else Latham had to say about educating Black mothers, advocating for systemic change, and making birth a joyful process.」8月1日 5時19分