‘We cannot continue to lose our women’: A community mourns as a midwife’s death highlights a crisis in Black maternal health
- Posted on January 10, 2026
- By CNN
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‘We cannot continue to lose our women’: A community mourns as a midwife’s death highlights a crisis in Black maternal health
Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, chose her career because of her concern about Black women’s health. Less than a week after giving birth, she died.
