New analysis finds US pregnancy deaths vastly outnumber abortion-related deaths

Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, ...
WTVD

A woman dies every 2 minutes during pregnancy or childbirth: Report

A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...
WAPT

Mississippi has second-highest maternal mortality rate in the US, new report shows

THEIR NAMES AND A MOTIVE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. NEW TONIGHT... MISSISSIPPI MOTHERS ARE DYING IN CHILDBIRTH AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM THE BIRTH ...
Yahoo

Opinion - US maternal mortality is way too high

America rightly celebrates and invests in medical breakthroughs like cancer therapies and artificial intelligence diagnostics. Yet research and development in reproductive and maternal health still ...
KOAT Albuquerque

US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say

Related video above: Disparities persist in Black maternal, infant healthMore U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data ...
CBS News

Maternal death rate remains high in U.S. and particularly in Philadelphia

Thursday is Maternal Health Awareness Day, and the United States has higher rates of maternal death than any other high-income nation. Philadelphia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in ...
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Addressing Maternal Mortality: What Today’s Ob-Gyns Can Do Differently

Despite being a high-income nation, the US experiences high maternal mortality rates that continue to climb. From 2018 to 2021, the rate nearly doubled, increasing from 17.4 to 32.9 deaths per 100,000 ...