Bringing new life into the world can be a perilous journey for any woman, but especially for black women, who, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are at least 3 times more likely to die of a pregnancy-related death than white women.

In a bid to tackle the crisis of pregnancy-related deaths among black women head on, the state of California now requires implicit bias training for all doctors and medical providers, including those providing prenatal care, HuffPost reports.

And studies show that due to implicit bias, doctors and other medical professionals don’t always take black women’s concerns and complaints seriously.

The issue got global attention last year when tennis great Serena Williams shared her experienceswith medical professionals while giving birth to her daughter.

Now California is addressing the issue by requiring hospitals and clinics to provide implicit bias training for the medical professionals it employs, HuffPost explains. The law also requires the state to keep data on maternal mortality in a bid to better understand the problem.