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1. Australian Muslim Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied Denied Entry To US: Link Roundup

(Feminism)

...  a woman’s health and decisions in favor of a narrow ideological agenda.” Black Women and Babies Are Dying in America’s Delivery Rooms It’s no secret that America has maternal and infant mortality problems ...

Created on 12 April 2018

2. Lynda Carter Says She Was Sexually Harassed While Filming "Wonder Woman": Link Roundup

(Living)

... New York Times. The US Has The Highest Rate Of Maternal Mortality Amongst Developed Nations — And The Statistics Are Even Worse Than You Think We’ve known for a long time that the United States has ...

Created on 12 March 2018

3. Serena Williams Had To Fight To Get Doctors To Take Her Post-Pregnancy Complications Seriously — And She's Not Alone

(Feminism)

... and scary to hear that the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world. According to an article written by ProPublica, an estimated 700-900 women in the U.S. died from pregnancy-related ...

Created on 11 January 2018

4. Texas Women Now Need To Take Out “Rape Insurance”

(Feminism)

... at are best for them. These attacks come from a concerted national effort to cut off access to abortion care.” We recently wrote about how Texas has the highest maternal mortality in the United Stat ...

Created on 22 August 2017

5. Another Reason To Love California: They Have The Lowest Maternal Mortality Rate In The U.S.

(Living)

When planning to have a baby, there’s a lot of things to consider - like neighborhoods with good schools and what kind of stroller is best - but you might want to look into the maternal mortality rate ...

Created on 30 June 2017

6. Texas Has The Highest Maternal Mortality Rate, Not Just In The US, But In The Entire Developed World

(Feminism)

Massive budget cuts to Texas’s health care system are finally starting to show as a study by the University of Maryland reveals that their maternal mortality rate has increased drastically within the ...

Created on 07 June 2017

7. Tammy Pierce Is Unloveable: Prom Looks — A Comic

(Entertainment)

... e Is Unlovable: Bummer - A Comic Texas Has Highest Maternal Mortality Rate, Not Just In The US But In The Entire Developed World 6 More Women-Hosted Podcasts To Listen To Right Now  ...

Created on 31 May 2017

8. "Global Gag Rule" Could Put Millions of Women's Health at Risk

(Feminism)

... maternal mortality rate globally but the global gag rule could bring those numbers back up, forcing many women to seek unsafe abortions (unsafe abortions account for 13% of maternal deaths globally, according ...

Created on 23 January 2017

9. Oklahoma Women Can't Even Pee Without Being Confronted With Anti-Choice Messages

(Feminism)

...  with maternal mortality rates in the US actually increasing in the last few years. It’s not something to be taken lightly. Oklahoman Democrats did try to include sex ed and family planning services t ...

Created on 14 December 2016

10. How Local Afghan Folklore Attempts To Explain High Maternal Mortality

(Living)

...  most difficult places to be pregnant, and such stories are used by the uniformed population to rationalise the high number of maternal mortality rates,” reasons Alia. Indeed, the figures are not in favo ...

Created on 16 November 2016

11. Meet Menstrual Man, Your New Hero

(General)

... and hygiene problems for women across India: 70% of all reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrual hygiene, and indirectly, maternal mortality death is also associated with poor menstrual ...

Created on 30 October 2014

12. Movie Review: Sister, An Intimate Portrait of a Global Crisis

(TV)

... actual diseases.  This sets the scene for the documentary Sister: An Intimate Portrait of a Global Crisis, directed and produced by Brenda Davis. The film follows three maternal health care workers ...

Created on 12 August 2014

13. DEADLY DELIVERY

(Feminism)

... lt of this! The United States is also facing this maternal health crisis. Two to three women die of pregnancy-related complications every day. African American women are nearly 4 times more likely to  ...

Created on 13 April 2010

14. A Man We Love: Interview with Nicholas D. Kristof by Erin DeJesus

(Feminism)

...  happened yesterday, and traditionally what we've been weakest at is covering what happens everyday. And the kinds of things that happen to women are those that happen everyday. Things like maternal mo ...

Created on 07 April 2010