San Francisco To Give $1,000 Per Month To Pregnant Black And Pacific Islander Women

The city of San Francisco wants to test a novel approach to get at thedecades-long, pernicious problem of Black and brown women dying at far higherrates than whites in pregnancy and childbirth: Give them money.On Monday, Mayor London Breed announced the launch of the Abundant BirthProject, a pilot program that would give about 150 low- and middle-incomeBlack and Pacific Islander expectant parents $1,000 per month throughout theirpregnancies and…