Obstetricians are more likely to give Black women unnecessary cesarean sections, putting those women at higher risk for serious complications like ruptured surgical wounds. That’s the conclusion of a new report of nearly one million births in 68 hospitals in New Jersey, one of the largest studies to tackle the subject. “Physicians may have certain beliefs about Black women,” said CHW Co-Director Janet Currie, a health economist at Princeton University and a co-author of the study. “They might not be listening to Black women as much, or be more afraid that something will go wrong.”