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Resources » Health & Medical Care » A Lawmaker Proposed a Bill that would Ban DEI in Medical Schools. Doctors Say it Could Roll Back Progress Toward Improving Black Maternal Health.

A Lawmaker Proposed a Bill that would Ban DEI in Medical Schools. Doctors Say it Could Roll Back Progress Toward Improving Black Maternal Health.

Health & Medical Care, Racial Equity
May 30, 2024

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN

Medical schools, doctors and professors are speaking out against claims that their DEI programs are exclusionary. In fact, they were created to address racial disparities in medicine and combat the Black maternal health crisis. Banning DEI could jeopardize this important work.

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