Arizona Native American women speak out about maternal mortality

Native Americans Are Dying From Pregnancy. They Want a Voice To Stop the Trend. – New Mexico News Port

KFF NewsBy Jazmin Orozco RodriguezIllustration by Oona Zenda Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting. Then 25 years old and six months pregnant, she drove herself to the emergency room in Ronan, Montana, on the Flathead Indian Reservation, where an ambulance […]

Arizona Native American women speak out about maternal mortality

Arizona Native American women speak out about maternal mortality kcpnews2 Tue, 01/27/2026 - 05:00 Image (Arizona News Connection) Click play to listen to an abbreviated version of this article. Audio file Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting.Then 25 years old and six months pregnant, she drove herself to the emergency room in Ronan, Montana…