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[where?] Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma they have 30+ deaths per 100,000 live births. California, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania have less than third that https://t.co/SphKBYU12X
black women are much more likely to die of pregnancy. 5x more likely among educated women. a college-educated black women is still more likely to die than a white women who didn’t finish high school https://t.co/IyuzaRZulR
most deaths happen after pregnancy many happen during https://t.co/XdEvc5ek3F
mothers carry dead babies people beg for these mother’s lives in states where abortion is illegal, even when the embryo is dead and killing the mother https://t.co/YkpldkygVB https://t.co/grQz9cv2MP
beware, if you are a mother and subject to the random, uncontrollable complications of pregnancy, i suppose consider being rich and part of the hyper-mobile class. it helps to have good insurance, the ability to fly to another state, and have doctors who will listen to you
roe v wade is broadly considered weak reasoning but to people who know women who died like this, it doesn’t seem to matter. when the stakes are high enough, you do not want to go back. when the winning team in your state is against you, you do not want to go back https://t.co/aWGBMy3iPL
this has been a depressing “learn facts about the american healthcare system” day a lot more to learn. what exactly are the causes here. what predicts other countries/states not tolerating this kind of failure. what workarounds exist for those privileged enough to access them
miscarriages are grounds for being investigated in texas https://t.co/p4aK46czvg
child mortality was terrifyingly high until recently; need to investigate how/why we got it to drop https://t.co/8tLV1Gp7hQ