For the estimated 10 to 15 percent of women of reproductive age living with endometriosis, getting a diagnosis is only the beginning of a long and often exhausting road. Most wait around a decade before receiving a proper diagnosis at all, and even then, the treatment options they're offered come with no guarantee of actually…
New ACOG guidelines acknowledge that racial bias has long delayed endometriosis diagnoses in Black women and call on the medical system to do better.
For generations, Black women living with debilitating pelvic pain have walked into doctors' offices and walked out without answers. They were told the pain was just cramps. They were advised to…

