claim: "today in america, between 40 and 50 percent of all african-american babies, virtually 1-in-2, are killed before they are born."
author: trent franks
evidence_1: when clyde ross was still a child, mississippi authorities claimed his father ... if  cotton was selling for 50 cents a pound, the ross family might get 15 cents, or  only five. one ... the great migration, a mass exodus of 6 million african  americans that .... during this period, according to one estimate, 85 percent of all  black home ...
evidence_2: reflecting their generally good health, children accounted for only 2 percent of all  ... of death in the united states, and children under 5 accounted for 40 percent of  all ... of all deaths in childhood accounted for by leading causes of child mortality.  ..... infants born to black american women are more likely to have low birth ...
evidence_3: dec 17, 2015 ... for children, growing diversity in family living arrangements ... not only are  americans having fewer children, but the ... while in the past a child born to a  married couple – as most children were .... while at one time virtually all births  occurred within marriage, these two life events are now far less intertwined.
evidence_4: may 12, 2017 ... the u.s. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: sixty ...  lauren wanted the baby's gender to be a surprise, so when she set up the  nursery she ... yet every year in the u.s., 700 to 900 women die from pregnancy  or .... for about 8 percent of maternal deaths— 50 to 70 women a year.
evidence_5: since more than one third of all child deaths occur within the first month of life, ...  the majority - almost 3 million of these - die within one week and almost 2 ...  virtually all (99%) newborn deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. ...  life (neonatal period), today account for 41% of all child deaths before the age of  five.