Why Do So Many African American Women Have Premature Births

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why do so many African American women have premature births (give birth before gestation is over) ?

• A) poor nutrition
• B) chronic or heightened stress due to racism can trigger early labor.
• C) the different races naturally have different gestational lengths
• D) actually, this is a myth: African American women's pregnancies last just as long, on average, as those of White women
• E) nobody knows

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