Black maternal health

The St. Joseph County Health Department saw in-person maternal and prenatal health class attendance dip after the state cut funding for transportation assistance, so they're moving classes online.

Notre Dame associate professor Joyce Adams says new mothers need to be seen by a doctor sooner than six weeks after delivery. Her pilot project with 104 new mothers in the area will give them monthly visits with a nurse and community health worker over the baby's first year.

April Lidinsky talks with Marchelle Pettit, a community doula and champion for Black maternal health and reproductive justice during Women's History Month.