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The protests were led by 4Kira4Moms, a group founded by Charles Johnson, whose wife Kira Dixon Johnson died of hemorrhaging at Cedars-Sinai after a cesarean section nearly nine years ago.

The federal review was launched more than two and a half years ago, following a public outcry and lawsuits over the death of Kira Dixon Johnson, a Black woman who hemorrhaged and died after undergoing a cesarean section at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

She had also nearly died during Abel’s emergency cesarean birth, and developed a serious infection after it.

Naim previously went on probation six years ago after the California medical board accused him of negligence in his care of multiple patients, one of whom suffered hemorrhaging and died roughly 12 hours after a cesarean section.

Similarly, the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative is working to reduce cesarean births and address racial disparities through Promoting Vaginal Birth and Birth Equity initiatives.