Today is Mother's Day and I want to extend my best wishes to every mother, its the most important job since it brings and melds the future of humanity.
Of course becoming a mother involves getting pregnant and then caring for a newborn, something that in America is associated closely with our health establishments. We need to make sure that every mother and baby receive the best possible care in this country.
We aren't doing so well in that department. We have an unacceptably high level of maternal deaths attributed to childbirth in comparison to the rest of the developed world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_death
Why the US is trending up instead of down is something that needs to be determined. We are the only developed country where access to health care is not a right and that might be a factor. We would expect that the rate would decline somewhat after the Affordable Care Act if that is the case, but it might be other factors.
I can't imagine a better day to dedicate to the idea that women's health, and that includes becoming pregnant and delivering, is among the most important things we should assure. It doesn't seem like a political thing to me and for those that think it is, shame on you.
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