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According to Pryor, the different apps are all working toward the same goal of empowering Black women with the tools and support they need to successfully give birth.

\"I really do believe we're pioneering the way ... to solve for this,\" Pryor said of the Black birthing crisis.

For Irving, she said she dreams that when her granddaughter grows up, she will not only not see an end to the crisis, but know that her mom played a critical role.

\"I hope that [Soleil] will understand and appreciate as she grows up that [her] mom was an important person in this fight, and because of her and her life and what she did, things have changed,\" said Irving. \"That's what I want her to be able to say.\"

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