Committee hopes to lower Arkansas' high maternal mortality rate

By Roby Brock,

Paul Gatling

Published June 8, 2023 at 12:32 PM CDT

Arkansas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation, and members of a review committee believe the trend can be reversed.

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