Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller convened a hearing Tuesday, June 27, of the Cook County Board’s Health and Hospitals Committee to hear from stakeholders about the ways Illinoisans can be better protected during and after pregnancy and childbirth.
In April, Miller championed a resolution calling for the hearing after reports showed that in 2020, Illinois had a maternal mortality rate of 23 deaths per 100,000 live births, and for Black women, that rate was six…
