"America is the worst developed country in the world to be a mother"

[midnight]

"A woman in the United States is more than 10 times as likely as a woman in Austria, Belarus or Poland to die from a pregnancy-related cause, according to a comprehensive report, State of the World's Mothers 2015, published by Save the Children.

Women in the US face a 1 in 1,800 risk of childbirth-related death. It's the worst performance of any developed country in the world, the report, released ahead of Mother's Day, celebrated on the second Sunday in May, has warned.

“Other countries are passing us by,” CEO of Save the Children, Carolyn Miles, told reporters at the United Nations.

Save the Children also scrutinized infant mortality rates in 25 capital cities of wealthy countries and found that Washington DC had the highest, at 6.6 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2013. This rate is a historic low for the District of Columbia, but is still three times the rates in Tokyo and Stockholm. In 2012, the district had an infant mortality rate of 7.9 deaths per 1,000 live births (while Stockholm or Oslo had infant mortality rates at or below 2.0, according to the report.) Many major American cities, meanwhile, have even higher infant mortality rates. In 2011, Cleveland and Detroit reported infant mortality rates of 14.1 and 12.4 per 1,000 live births, respectively, the report said."

http://rt.com/usa/255617-america-worst-mother-report/

[Enthusiast]

1. Obama! Because he wants your children to die!

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[midnight]

2. Denmark provides "free" health care to all residents, funded through taxes.

"It's mainly cheap because it's a lot simpler to manage. There are no medical insurance companies or lawyers operating for profit, or financial background checks. There are no uninsured, so there is no paperwork if you get sick or injured."

"In the U.S., health care financing is siphoned off by lawyers, administrators, and insurance companies; the cost of lobbying lawmakers and advertising is astronomical.


The U.S. is the only industrialized country in the world that does not support universal health care for its citizens. A greater degree of government involvement in health care might be un-American, but when the American system has abjectly failed, a refusal to look abroad for better models is simply self-defeating"

Saving lives can't be about profits....


http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_13261279

[DetlefK]

3. So, Russia is not a developed country?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate

infant-mortality rates
US 5.2/1000
Russia 7.19/1000

Coming from a russian media-outlet, I find it suspicious that Russia goes unmentioned in the article.

[KamaAina]

13. More like a Russian propaganda outlet

We've had many an RT flamewar hereabouts.

[mopinko]

4. what war on women?

my shiny metal ass.

[The2ndWheel]

5. Other than China and India, we have the largest population

You can put Russia and Japan together, and it's still well short of the US in terms of population. You have to put the top 5 European countries together to get to the number of people in the US.

We're not lacking for people, so in one way the US doesn't need women to be mothers. On the other hand, if women aren't mothers, it's tough to keep an economy moving, so we will and do need more young people.

We're in a weird place as a country. The population of a developing country, with the economy of a developed country. We have the 3rd largest population, but we also depend on immigration to keep those numbers growing, because Americans are having fewer children on average.

[mountain grammy]

6. Wait wut? The best healthcare in the world?

wow, thanks Obama!

[catrose]

7. It ain't so great AFTER they're born either eom

[d_legendary1]

8. We have a cash before care system in place

And if you don't have the cash, you can't get the care.

[grasswire]

9. If you watch "Call the Midwife" on public television...

....you may be astounded as I am at the level of care provided by Britain's public health service! House calls! Free treatments of the most loving care. Just astounding.

[midnight]

11. Yes, I've seen that show... Excellent point.

[AZ Progressive]

10. Not to mention the relative disincentives compared to other developed nations

For instance, A harsher economic and job environment, relatively few employee rights, including no paid maternal leave (compared to five months in France and Germany.)

Much more info:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/20/1368271/america-single-parents/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ranks-worse-than-other-developed-nation-in-maternal-health/


It seems that America doesn't want its people to procreate.

[midnight]

12. Only the upper middle class jobs might be provided maternity leave.

"The US was the only country in the study to offer absolutely no paid maternity leave, and just 12 weeks of unpaid leave, to expecting mothers. Some US parents enjoy paid parental leave provided by an employer, but the lowest income Americans (precisely those who match the profile of the average single parent) are those most likely to have no paid leave. By comparison, the countries with the highest amount of leave — both France and Germany — offer 162 weeks total, some paid and some unpaid."

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/20/1368271/america-single-parents/