▁color , ▁research ers ▁have ▁found ▁dispar ities ▁across ▁all ▁economic ▁classes . ▁A ▁black ▁woman ▁with ▁an ▁advanced ▁degree ▁is ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁lose ▁her ▁baby ▁than ▁a ▁white ▁woman ▁with ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁education . ▁This ▁is ▁partially ▁due ▁to ▁ra cial ▁bias ▁in ▁the ▁health care ▁system ; ▁studies ▁have ▁found ▁medical ▁personnel ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁believe ▁black ▁people ' s ▁per ception s ▁about ▁their ▁own ▁pain , ▁and ▁many ▁stories ▁have ▁sur fac ed ▁of ▁black ▁women ▁experien cing ▁medical ▁neglect ▁within ▁hosp it als ▁and ▁dying ▁from ▁pre gn ancy ▁comp lications ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁treated . ▁Research ers ▁have ▁also ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁stress ▁of ▁living ▁as ▁a ▁person ▁of ▁color ▁in ▁a ▁rac ist ▁society ▁takes ▁a ▁to ll ▁on ▁physical ▁health , ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁co ined ▁weather ing . ▁The ▁extra ▁str esses ▁of ▁pre gn ancy ▁and ▁labor ▁on ▁a ▁weather ed ▁body ▁can ▁have ▁fatal ▁consequences . ▁ ▁Re product ive ▁justice ▁advoc ates ▁assert ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁correct ▁ra cial ▁dispar ities ▁in ▁mat ernal ▁health ▁through ▁system ic ▁change ▁within ▁health ▁care ▁systems , ▁and ▁they ▁also ▁particularly ▁advoc ate ▁for ▁access ▁to ▁mid w if ery ▁model ▁care . ▁Mid w if ery ▁care ▁has ▁strong ▁roots ▁in ▁the ▁ancient ▁trad itions ▁of ▁communities ▁of ▁color ▁and ▁is ▁usually ▁admin ister ed ▁by ▁fellow ▁women , ▁rather ▁than ▁do ctors . ▁Mid w if ery ▁pract ition ers ▁treat ▁the ▁individual ▁as