Jamila K. Taylor, Ph.D., M.P.A., is director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where she leads the organization's work to build on the Affordable Care Act and develop the next generation of health reform to achieve high-quality, affordable, and universal coverage in America. A renowned women's health expert, Taylor also works on issues related to reproductive rights and justice, focusing on the structural barriers to access to health care, racial and gender disparities in health outcomes, and the intersections between health care and economic justice. Taylor graduated with honors from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science, a master's degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Ph.D. in political science from Howard University.
J Law Med Ethics. 2020 Sep;48(3):506-517. doi: 10.1177/1073110520958875.
Historical foundations rooted in reproductive oppression have implications for how racism has been integrated into the structures of society, including public policies, institutional practices, and cultural representations that reinforce racial inequality in maternal health. This article examines these connections and sheds light on how they perpetuate both racial disparities in maternal health and high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women.
历史根源根植于生殖压迫,这对种族主义如何融入社会结构,包括公共政策、制度实践和文化表现,从而加剧孕产妇健康方面的种族不平等,产生了影响。本文探讨了这些联系,并揭示了它们如何延续孕产妇健康方面的种族差异,以及黑人妇女高死亡率和发病率的现象。