Women Harmed by Doctors, Then Failed by US Civil Rights Watchdog

Kira Dixon Johnson’s husband knew something was wrong.

Earlier in the day, she’d given birth to her second son by cesarean section. Now there was blood in her catheter bag.

Charles Johnson pressed staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for help. Hours went by as he waited. She shivered uncontrollably.

Still, the staff told Charles that Kira, who was Black, was not a priority.

Finally, they wheeled her into an operating room. Charles never saw his wife alive again.

Kira died about 12 hours after giving birth with three liters of blood in her abdomen, according to Charles’ ...