Why are so many of San Francisco's black mothers and babies dying?

In one of the wealthiest US cities, the racial disparity in birth outcomes is stark: ‘Why isn’t this sounding a bigger alarm?’

Jasmine Ball was barely five months pregnant with twins when the labor pains jolted through her lower body.

Rushed to the hospital, the doctors told her that her cervix had dilated completely. There was nothing they could do to stop the babies from coming.

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