Courtesy of Mimi Evans
- The United States has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among developed nations.
- These rates are disproportionately higher for Black women.
- Two Black women crossed state lines to give birth since they lived in places with low healthcare ratings.
When Mimi Evans, a 35-year-old doula and nursing student from Houston, found out she was pregnant with her third child in 2013, she immediately decided she would not give birth again in her home state of Texas.
After experiencing neglect and mistreatment during her first two pregnancies, Evans and her partner began researching top medical facilities in Richmond, Virginia, the city where she was raised and still has family.