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alphacyberranger to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Maternal deaths have halved in the last 35 years

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Maternal deaths have halved in the last 35 years

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alphacyberranger to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A woman dying when she is giving birth to her child is one of the greatest tragedies imaginable.
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    Republicans took this personally.

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      they really did, when you click on “Explore the data by country” and choose United States …

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        Reminds me of Dianne’s line from Bojack Horseman: “I can’t believe this country hates women more than it loves guns”

        In an episode where there’s a huge uptick in women carrying firearms, instead of helping to make society a better place for women, they just decide to ban guns instead.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eG0y_nb5IA

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          God I love that episode and that line. It’s so sad how that observation somehow became even more relevant today than it was back when that episode released.

          Thank you.

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          not too far off from the real world – modern gun control laws started with Ronald Reagan in California trying to keep guns out of the hands of blacks …

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        That doesn’t account for population increases, but that still looks like per-capita increase nevertheless, which is embarrassing in a developed country. Especially if you compare that with other similarly developed countries with comparable populations, which mostly have a line declining to double digit totals.

        EDIT: Here’s data looking at the maternal mortality rate, over the same period, with a few comparable countries.

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    Serj Tankian infomercial voice: “The global number of maternal deaths in the hospital system, hospital system has halved since 1985”

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    Get ready for it to go back up!

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      Buy the dip

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        This is the kind of fucked up joke I’m here for.

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