Mayor Announces Plans For City To Pay Some Pregnant Women $1K Per Month, But Only If They’re Black Or Pacific Islander
By James Samson
October 3, 2020
The mayor of San Francisco has announced plans to help pregnant women with the financial difficulties of raising children, but only women that are a certain color.
Pregnant White, Asian, and Hispanic women who are struggling with finances are out of luck when it comes to the mayor’s plan, as her city’s new program is only for black and Pacific Islander women.
On Monday, Mayor London Breed announced the city’s new Abundant Birth Project, which is a public-private partnership that will give $1,000 per month during a woman’s pregnancy and for the first six months after the baby is born. However, San Francisco is limiting these payments to 150 black and Pacific Islander women who city officials said have been on the wrong side of a “longstanding racial gap in birthing outcomes,†according to Yahoo News.
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