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Karen Middleton, head of policy at MMHA, says mums are being failed by the lack of consistent maternal mental health care.

And any maternal instincts that I ever had, as small as they were, were absolutely sated by this character.

Black mothers also shoulder a far greater burden of the maternal and infant mortality crisis.

"That's the typical recommendation that we have for any medication or substance if we don't know what the cause and effects of it are on maternal and infant health," said Dr. Kathleen Chaput, a researcher at the University of Calgary who studies substance use and pregnancy.

Black mothers are particularly subject to this intersection of drug policy and maternal and infant health.