- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) on December 8 published a report into premature births in certain Minneapolis communities
- It is titled: 'Association of Residence in High–Police Contact Neighborhoods With Preterm Birth Among Black and White Individuals in Minneapolis'
- Rachel Hardeman, director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the university, said her findings were damning
- She found that 'birthing people' - both black and white - in heavily-policed areas had a significantly raised chance of preterm birth
- Hardeman reported that white 'birthing people' living in 'high police contact areas' had a 90% higher chance of preterm birth versus different parts of the city
- Among black Americans, it was a 100% higher chance of preterm birth compared to residents in what are deemed 'low-contact areas'
- Foreign-born black residents of 'high police contact areas' had a far lower chance of preterm birth than those born in the U.S.
- Hardeman's use of the term 'birthing people' is part of a growing trend, as people attempt to be more inclusive and socially aware
- Critics have said it is nonsense to avoid the term 'mothers', because only those born female can give birth
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