02/01/2023
Doulas are Frontline Climate Workers:
The climate crisis is exacerbating an existing maternal health crisis. Extreme heat and air pollution are linked with preterm labor, low birth weight, stillbirth and other negative pregnancy outcomes. Stress related to wildfires, flooding and hurricanes –– which are becoming more common and severe with climate change — also adversely affects pregnancy outcomes.
Black and Brown communities — already facing higher rates of maternal mortality, stillbirth and premature birth — are more likely to live in hotter neighborhoods with worse air quality, a legacy of racist redlining policies, making pregnancy increasingly dangerous.
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As disasters like extreme heat, flooding or hurricanes become more common, pregnant people are at higher risk.