Topic: Maternal Mortality

Congresswoman Cori Bush testifies about her personal experience with preterm labor and the "harsh and racist treatment" Black women face in the medical system. The hosts discuss her use of the term "Black birthing people," arguing that while the underlying issue of maternal mortality is serious, the inclusion of gender-neutral language may be a political strategy to lump disparate issues together. They link this back to the historical distrust of hospitals like Johns Hopkins.

A summit question posits that Black maternal mortality is driven by individual white doctors choosing not to work as hard for Black patients. The hosts question the validity of this hypothetical scenario and criticize the interviewer for asking a candidate how they would "legislate" against a doctor's internal thoughts.