The National Perinatal Task Force (NPTF) is a community of people who have a heart for women and babies and are concerned about the persistent and worsening maternal child health outcomes in the USA.
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Currently three to four times as many African American / Black women die in the USA due to pregnancy, birth or postpartum issues as their white counterparts. Why are mothers and babies dying and being harmed in a system that spends billions of dollars annually on maternity care?
What is the impact of institutional, structural and systemic racism, classism and sexism in maternal child health? What about personally imposed implicit and explicit biases?
Our overall maternal and infant mortality rates are worsening every year and the gaps between people of color and white people are widening.
It’s literally a matter of life and death.
– Jennie Joseph, Midwife/Activist
We believe all people have the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we care for with equitable resources to thrive in community.
The National Perinatal Task Force is a grassroots movement to start and grow Perinatal Safe Spots (PSS) in every ‘Materno-toxic Area’ in the USA, in order to eliminate racial and class disparities in birth outcomes, and to create equity and power in maternal child health care.
To model the world we are birthing, we use Collective Organizing to shift the paradigm of reproductive health by addressing the root causes of inequity, building collective power, and advancing liberation for all.
We believe all people have the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we care for with equitable resources to thrive in community. Find out more.
We believe all people have the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we care for with equitable resources to thrive in community.
We believe all people have the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we care for with equitable resources to thrive in community.
Key findings from the CDC show the maternal mortality rate as 17.4 per 100,000 live births. Black/non-Hispanic maternal mortality rate is 37.3 and Hispanic is 11.8 per 100,000 live births in the US.
According to the CDC, over 60% of maternal deaths are preventable. Maternal mortality and morbidity remain a major public health concern in the USA
The National Perinatal Task Force™ has grown to over 180 Safe Spots across the USA, supporting Black mothers for safer care and delivery.
In 2020, there were no maternal deaths, no infant deaths and only 1 pre-term infant from 482 marginalized clients from Central Florida Safe Spots.
There are many ways of getting involved as an individual, a business, or an organization.
You can join a community of passionate people who are on a mission to eliminate racial and class disparities in birth outcomes.
Thank you so much! Your generosity supports the growth and development of this grassroots movement across the USA to provide access to healthy pregnancies and babies for ALL people, and is tax-deductible.
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Until women and their loved ones feel that they have enough knowledge and agency to be a part of the decisions around their care and until they have access to the education and support that they are lacking, they will continue to be at risk.
Jennie Joseph
Founder & Board Chair, Commonsense Childbirth
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