Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women

Are they even better if you only look at the rich folks?

This man should be put in a sack and beaten

Articles from 2022 citing 'if Roe is overturned' are a bit past their expiration date.

This article is from 2022, for anyone wondering before you click

I'm sure he doesn't think this sounds racist

Weep at the fact that America is a country where a senator thinks that's an okay thing to say

Republican Jacky Eubanks said in a recent interview with the site Church Militant

Church…militant? That’s the most unsettling site name I’ve maybe ever seen

"If you correct our population for race..."

Like the Nazis tried to do?

Our maternal death rates are the best if we only count white men!

Oh what a piece of shit.

This is exactly why we don’t have sufficient public services in this country. You name it; healthcare, education, labor rights, infrastructure development.

Because people who aren’t white would have access.

Is it though? They still look higher than the national average.

"... which we don't. "

Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Our Most Vulnerable Populations

If you ignore marginalized and oppressed citizens then all kinds of things look great! Wealth, education, home ownership, health. Why did no one think of this before?

Problem solved, then, I guess?

Three years old article.

Next, he'll propose counting them with a 60% weighting.