A doctor checks the heartbeat of a fetus. For American women, the rate of deaths during of just after childbirth has been increasing. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post, June 19, 2023
America is flipping out over drag queens, rainbow merch, abortion rights and book bans, all — allegedly — in the name of childhood.
Meanwhile, during these past four years of burning-hot culture wars, the act of bringing a child into this world has become alarmingly deadlier for American women.
Deaths during or right after childbirth have been increasing, going from 20.1 deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2019, to 23.8 deaths in 2020, to a stunning 32.9 deaths in 2021, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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