Report Ranks Oklahoma As One Of Worst States For Women

[yesphan]

Source: AP

OKLAHOMA CITY -

A new analysis ranks Oklahoma 48th in the nation for how women are faring in 36 different economic, leadership and health indicators.

The report was released on Wednesday by the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.,-based non-partisan research and educational institute.

The report, entitled The State of Woman in America, says Oklahoma women suffer from the third-highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. That means women in Oklahoma are more likely to die from pregnancy-related medical complications than women in 47 other states.


It's good to know our female governor is fighting for Oklahoma women.

Read more: http://www.news9.com/story/23525358/report-ranks-oklahoma-as-one-of-worst-states-for-women

[gopiscrap]

1. I'm not surprised

OK is also one of the lowest paying states and the most repuke

[geek tragedy]

2. Shockingly, no red states in the top 10, 1 in the top 20.

Whereas the bottom twenty are all red states.

[Berlin Expat]

3. Maybe instead of

"The Sooner State" they could change their nickname to "The Afghanistan of the American Heartland"

[Rain Mcloud]

18. I see what you did there.

[snooper2]

4. It's not the worst, it's just OK

[yesphan]

12. Nicely done.

[onehandle]

5. Time for the GOPNRAteahadists to crack down on funding for studies on women. nt

[efhmc]

6. "Infection from Texas" in comments.

I think you got this without our help.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. This isn't news to any of us who live here...

We have a "female" gov who could care less about anyone or anything except big business...

[yesphan]

9. Bullseye ^

[SharonAnn]

8. Quick! Let Sen. Tom Coburn know! He's a doctor. He will care! (NOT)

From his web page:
"Dr. Coburn returned to Muskogee where he specializes in family medicine, obstetrics and the treatment of allergies. Dr. Coburn has personally delivered more than 4,000 babies. "

So, he's intimately familiar with women's health issues, especially as it relates to pregnancy. I'm sure he'll want to work on improving women's health.

[yesphan]

10. Say Wha ?

[Heidi]

19. Medicaid fraudster who admitted sterilizing a 20-year-old woman without written consent.

You're absolutely right, SharonAnn. He is a hypocrite who gives not one fat f*ck about women's health.

According to records obtained by Salon, Coburn filed an apparently fraudulent Medicaid claim in 1990, which he admitted in his own testimony in a civil malpractice suit brought against him 14 years ago by a former female patient. The suit alleged that Coburn had sterilized her without her consent. It eventually was dismissed after the plaintiff failed to appear for the trial. In his sworn testimony, Coburn admitted he sterilized the then 20-year-old woman without securing her written consent as required by law. He blamed the omission on a clerical error, but maintained that he had her oral consent for the procedure. (Salon has been unable to contact the woman and is withholding her name out of respect for her privacy.) Coburn also revealed under oath that he had charged the procedure to Medicaid — despite knowing that Medicaid, also known as Title 19, does not cover the cost of sterilization for anyone under age 21.

This previously unpublicized episode from his medical practice cuts to the heart of Coburn’s political identity. He has built his congressional career on extreme gestures against government programs, exceeded in virulence only by his pronouncements on social issues, including advocating the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions under any circumstances other than those threatening the life of the mother. (And yet, as a doctor, he has performed abortions.)

http://www.salon.com/2004/09/13/coburn_2/

[freshwest]

21. Wow. Bookmarking this information.

[DURHAM D]

11. State rank and Grade

1 Maryland A
2 Hawaii A
3 Vermont A
4 California A
5 Delaware A
6 Connecticut A-
7 Colorado A-
8 New York A-
9 New Jersey A-
10 Washington A-
11 Minnesota B+
12 Alaska B+
13 Illinois B+
14 Rhode Island B
15 Massachusetts B
16 Oregon B
17 Nevada B
18 New Hampshire B-
19 New Mexico B-
20 Maine B-
21 Iowa C+
22 Arizona C+
23 Virginia C+
24 Michigan C
25 West Virginia C
26 Florida C
27 Wyoming C
28 Pennsylvania C-
29 Wisconsin C-
30 Ohio C-
31 Missouri D+
32 Kentucky D+
33 Montana D+
33 Nebraska D+
35 South Carolina D
36 Idaho D
37 North Dakota D
38 Kansas D-
39 North Carolina D-
40 Tennessee D-
41 Georgia F
42 Indiana F
43 South Dakota F
44 Arkansas F
45 Texas F
46 Mississippi F
47 Alabama F
48 Oklahoma F
49 Utah F
50 Louisiana F

[KansDem]

13. ALL RIGHT, KANSAS! A D-MINUS!

We're not failing!

[blkmusclmachine]

14. TX can't be far behind, or anywhere else in the Deep South, really.

[yesphan]

15. See post

# 11.

[yesphan]

17. Nicely done.

See post # 4.

Welcome to DU !

[happyslug]

20. This is based on an article from American Progress

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/report/2013/09/25/74836/the-state-of-women-in-america/

Actual Listing (also gives what the ranking is based on):

Alabama............. 47.......... F
Alaska................ 12.......... B+
Arizona............... 22.......... C+
Arkansas............ 44.......... F
California.............. 4.......... A
Colorado.............. 7.......... A-
Connecticut.......... 6.......... A-
Delaware.............. 5.......... A
Florida................. 26.......... C
Georgia............... 41.......... F
Hawaii.................. 2.......... A
Idaho.................. 36.......... D
Illinois................. 13.......... B+
Indiana............... 42.......... F
Iowa................... 21.......... C+
Kansas............... 38.......... D-
Kentucky............. 32.......... D+
Louisiana............ 50.......... F
Maine.................. 20.......... B-
Maryland.............. 1.......... A
Massachusetts.... 15.......... B
Michigan.............. 24.......... C
Minnesota........... 11.......... B+
Mississippi........... 46.......... F
Missouri............... 31.......... D+
Montana.............. 33.......... D+
Nebraska............. 33.......... D+
Nevada................ 17.......... B
New Hampshire... 18.......... B-
New Jersey........... 9.......... A-
New Mexico......... 19.......... B-
New York.............. 8.......... A-
North Carolina.... 39.......... D-
North Dakota...... 37.......... D
Ohio.................... 30.......... C-
Oklahoma........... 48.......... F
Oregon............... 16.......... B
Pennsylvania...... 28.......... C-
Rhode Island...... 14.......... B
South Carolina.... 35.......... D
South Dakota...... 43.......... F
Tennessee.......... 40.......... D-
Texas.................. 45.......... F
Utah.................... 49.......... F
Vermont................ 3.......... A
Virginia................ 23.......... C+
Washington........ 10.......... A-
West Virginia...... 25.......... C
Wisconsin........... 29.......... C-
Wyoming............ 27.......... C
.
Interactive map of the above data:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2013/09/25/75188/mapping-the-state-of-women-in-america/

list 1-50:

Maryland.............. 1.......... A
Hawaii.................. 2.......... A
Vermont................ 3.......... A
California.............. 4.......... A
Delaware.............. 5.......... A
Connecticut.......... 6.......... A-
Colorado.............. 7.......... A-
New York.............. 8.......... A-
New Jersey........... 9.......... A-
Washington........ 10.......... A-
Minnesota........... 11.......... B+
Alaska................ 12.......... B+
Illinois................. 13.......... B+
Rhode Island...... 14.......... B
Massachusetts.... 15.......... B
Oregon............... 16.......... B
Nevada................ 17.......... B
New Hampshire... 18.......... B-
New Mexico......... 19.......... B-
Maine.................. 20.......... B-
Iowa................... 21.......... C+
Arizona............... 22.......... C+
Virginia................ 23.......... C+
Michigan.............. 24.......... C
West Virginia...... 25.......... C
Florida................. 26.......... C
Wyoming............ 27.......... C
Pennsylvania...... 28.......... C-
Wisconsin........... 29.......... C
Ohio.................... 30.......... C-
Missouri............... 31.......... D+
Kentucky............. 32.......... D+
Montana.............. 33.......... D+
Nebraska............. 33.......... D+
South Carolina.... 35.......... D
Idaho.................. 36.......... D
North Dakota...... 37.......... D
Kansas............... 38.......... D-
North Carolina.... 39.......... D-
Tennessee.......... 40.......... D-
Georgia............... 41.......... F
Indiana............... 42.......... F
South Dakota...... 43.......... F
Arkansas............ 44.......... F
Texas.................. 45.......... F
Mississippi........... 46.......... F
Alabama............. 47.......... F
Oklahoma........... 48.......... F
Utah.................... 49.......... F
Louisiana............ 50.......... F

[Orsino]

22. One of he worst states, period...

...for anyone who isn't white, rich and a solipsist.

Nothing against Oklahomans in general, mind you, but your govenment sucks hard in a nation full of sucky govenments.