A recent report has highlighted a troubling racial disparity regarding cesarean sections (C-sections), revealing that doctors are more inclined to perform them on Black mothers.
In an extensive study involving nearly 1 million births across 68 hospitals in New Jersey, researchers found that obstetricians were more likely to carry out unnecessary C-sections on Black mothers compared to their white counterparts. Specifically, Black women were approximately 25% more likely to undergo a C-section overall.
