The Push To Reverse America’s Rising Maternal Mortality Rates [The1A.org]

Samantha Sangenito 5/15/184:00 AM

Women who become pregnant face an unexpected danger in the U.S.: maternal mortality. Complications from pregnancy, labor and childbirth result in the death of an estimated 700 to 900 women each year — a rate higher than any other developed Western nation.

An investigation by NPR and ProPublica found that “while maternal mortality is significantly more common among African-Americans, low-income women and in rural areas, pregnancy and childbirth complications kill women of every race and ethnicity, education and income level, in every part of the U.S.”

[For more go to https://the1a.org/shows/2018-0...t-we-can-do-about-it]

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