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The United States' Maternal Mortality Travesty

Horrific new data from the CDC on maternal mortality

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Ben Domenech
Mar 16, 2023
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Sarah Toy in the WSJ.

Maternal deaths surged to the highest rate in nearly 60 years, data showed, exacerbating a yearslong trend that has made the U.S. the most dangerous place among high-income countries to give birth. 

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The number of women who died during pregnancy or shortly after rose 40% to 1,205 in 2021, compared with 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019, the…

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