#maternalmortality — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #maternalmortality, aggregated by home.social.
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@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare -
@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare -
@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare -
@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare -
@georgetakei This is #institutionalracism . The rates of maternal and infant mortality are much higher for BIPOC women than white women. And way too high overall - higher than any other developed nation - but disproportionately so. It’s #eugenics .
#racism #MaternalInfantHealth #maternalmortality #infantMortality #rfkjr #Healthcare -
Vulnerable women are being failed by the UK:
"Between 2014 and 2022, 1,451 women died during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth, with 420 of these women having been in contact with children’s social care services, according to analysis of data from the maternal, newborn, and infant clinical outcome review programme provided by MBBRACE-UK."
#MaternalDeath #MaternalMortality #ViolenceAgainstWomen #PregnancyRisks #SocialCare #UKHealthcare
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on #DrugUse, #MaternalMortality, #ClimateChange and More
The survival of that data is now in doubt, as a result of the #DOGE's comprehensive assault on the federal bureaucracy. By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality -
Of the ~25M #women who receive #ContraceptiveCare annually, 18% receive it from publicly supported #clinics, including #TitleX-funded centers, Baden said. They include women who are #LowIncome or #underinsured.
In 2019, during #Trump’s first term, his admin altered the half-century-old program banning clinics receiving Title X aid from referring patients for abortions.
#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #AbortionIsHealthcare #law
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“President #Trump & #ElonMusk are pushing their dangerous political agenda, stripping #health care access from people nationwide, & not giving a second thought to the devastation they will cause,” Johnson said in a stmnt.
Federally funded programs such as #TitleX are crucial in providing access to #affordable #ReproductiveHealthcare, said Kelly Baden, VP for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, which supports #AbortionRights.#FammilyPlanning #MaternalMortality #BirthControl #law #USpol
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#Trump admin to cut funds to #PlannedParenthood
The #nonprofit said that 9 of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as #TitleX, which has supported #healthcare services for the #poor since 1970.#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #BirthControl #AbortionIsHealthcare #law #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-freeze-family-planning-funds-planned-parenthood-2025-04-01/ -
"Two medications, #mifepristone and #misoprostol, are commonly known as the FDA-approved drug regimen for medication #abortion, but they are also lifesaving drugs used for #pregnancy complications. #Doctors rely on one or both of them to stop postpartum hemorrhage and to manage miscarriages, as well as to induce labor."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/24/louisiana-controlled-substances-mifepristone-misoprostol/#Health #Healthcare #WomensRights #WomensHealth #MaternalMortality #GOP #Hypocrisy #Misogyny #Politics #Louisiana #USA #News #USNews #USPol
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#VicePresident #KamalaHarris' emphasis on #maternal #health pays dividends with #Black #women #voters.
Harris is seeing a surge of #support from #Black #women #voters, galvanized in part by her work on #healthcare #issues such as #maternalmortality, #reproductiverights, and #guncontrol.
Their #enthusiasm may be #key for #Democratic #turnout at the #polls in critical #battlegroundstates.
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VP Kamala Harris wants to reduce maternal morbidity rates. She introduced the "Maternal CARE Act" as a Senator.
Parts of the Act are in the 2022 "Build Back Better Act" which expands access to and makes new investments in maternal care.
#100ReasonsToVoteHarris2024 #YesWeKam #HarrisWalz2024 #MaternalMortality #MaternalMorbidity #MaternalDeath -
Infant deaths surge in Texas after abortion ban - Enlarge / (From L) Plaintiffs Damla Karsan, Austin Dennard, Samantha Ca... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955717 #reproductivehealth #maternalmortality #infantmortality #infantdeaths #abortionban #pregnancy #abortion #health #deaths #fetus #texas #acog #ama #who
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In 200+ countries, cell phone access is associated with lower gender inequality, higher contraceptive uptake, and lower maternal and child mortality.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32482867
#NICHDImpact #GenderEquality #Contraception #MaternalMortality #ChildMortality #FPRH #Poverty
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YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING SCREWED by Lack of Maternal Healthcare
#MaternalHealth #HandsOffOurHealthcare #MaternalMortality
#MaternalDeath
https://open.substack.com/pub/screwed/p/maternal?r=1piht&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web