If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. Opinions are the writer’s own and not those of Blavity's. ____ Last November I birthed my beautiful baby girl in the backseat of my SUV. With my husband in the driver’s seat, intently focused on getting us safely to the hospital, baby Charlotte decided that she would enter the world on her own terms. When I tell this story, most people listen in disbelief and assume that it was a frightening experience. On the contrary, I felt safer and more protected in my car than I did at the thought of entering a medical setting. I was terrified to go to the hospital. In the midst of a second wave of COVID-19 and painfully aware of the bias that Black women face in the healthcare system, I was terrified to labor and deliver at the hospital. In fact, in my state, New York, Black women are eight times more likely than white women to...