Khiara Bridges and Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha speaking at Harvard Book Store

Powerful to hear Khiara Bridges discuss her new book Expecting Inequity — showing even wealthy Black women experience high rates of #maternalmortality— with Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha. “We cannot purchase our way out of structural racism.”

‘Black Moms Matter, Congress Must Act’: Rep Alma Adams Reintroduces Kira Johnson Act to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis Congresswoman Alma Adams has reintroduced federal legislation aimed at addressing the persistent maternal mortality crisis in the United States, with a focus… The post ‘Black Moms Matter, Congress Must Act’: Rep Alma Adams Reintroduces Kira Johnson Act to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis appeared first on Shine My Crown.

‘Black Moms Matter, Congress Must Act’: Rep Alma Adams Reintroduces Kira Johnson Act to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis: Congresswoman Alma Adams has reintroduced federal legislation aimed at addressing the persistent… #BlackMomsMatter #MaternalHealth #KiraJohnsonAct #MaternalMortality #AlmaAdams

God, that's dark. #maternalmortality

The data is clear. When Republicans win the White House, maternal mortality significantly increases worldwide. #maternalmortality #usaid #abortion #reproductivehealth #womenshealth

they would turn in their graves Two of May's children (probably Robert and Charles) with Gladys' children Doris and Hubert Edith May Bunger was born in 1884 in Ohio, the yo...

they would turn in their graves
-this week about my 2nd-great-grandaunt Edith May (Bunger) Ary

#women #mothers #grandmothers #childbirth #specialaunts #rurallife #tragedy #childhood #maternalmortality #resist

Advocates urge declaring maternal mortality a public‑health emergency in Louisiana The Louisiana Center for Health Equity asked the House committee to formally designate maternal mortality a statewide public‑health emergency, citing a maternal mortality rate near 40 per 100,000 live births and pronounced rural, racial and socioeconomic disparities.

Louisiana's maternal mortality rate is alarmingly double the national average, prompting urgent calls for a statewide public-health emergency declaration to save lives.

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#LA #PublicHealthEmergency #CitizenPortal #MaternalMortality #RuralHealthDisparities #LouisianaHealthEquity

🧑‍⚕️ This may not be the right answer for improving maternal mortality, but points for creativity? 🤔 #alabama #bama #pregnancy #robots #maternalmortality #obgyn #ultrasound

Maternal Mortality Review Committee opens year, approves minutes and moves to executive session on criminal‑death cases The Maternal Mortality Review Committee convened for its first meeting of the year, completed member introductions, approved December minutes by consensus, and voted to enter an executive session to consider confidential matters related to criminal deaths in Connecticut; no public comments were recorded.

The Maternal Mortality Review Committee kicked off the year by swiftly moving into confidential discussions on criminal death cases in Connecticut—what insights could emerge from their deliberations?

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#CT #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal #MaternalMortality #ConfidentialDeliberations

#Maternalmortality remains alarmingly high in fragile & conflict-affected settings.

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Health and Human Services committee reports dozens of bills to appropriations and advances multiple health measures The committee used block votes and individual motions to advance numerous health, behavioral‑health and social‑services bills — including sickle‑cell measures, maternal and infant mortality review teams, licensure reforms for foreign‑trained practitioners, AED requirements for nursing homes and several social services pilot programs — most reported with substitutes or referred to appropriations.

The Virginia House Health and Human Services Committee has advanced a groundbreaking slate of health and social services bills that could reshape care for mothers, infants, and those with sickle cell disease.

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#VA #CitizenPortal #PublicHealth #MaternalMortality #VirginiaHealth

Smells like cryptocurrency, am I right?

Somebody pass me a hose to put those poor Ponzi-scammed bastards, who caught on fire in the last stock massacre, out of their misery.

Never underestimate the power of American stupidity.

#WereNumberOne #Prisons #ChildPoverty #Homelessness #MaternalMortality

Take a look at this article, which urges #humanitarian actors to protect sexual and reproductive health services during crises, warning that disruptions can increase #maternalmortality and gender-based violence and calling for coordinated care in fragile settings.

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House passes Maternal Health Awareness Day resolution after floor debate and revote The Delaware House approved House Concurrent Resolution 83, designating Jan. 23, 2026 as Maternal Health Awareness Day, after members shared personal testimony about pregnancy complications, challenged statistics and carried a motion to revote; final passage was 34 yes, 7 absent.

The Delaware House has officially designated January 23, 2026, as Maternal Health Awareness Day, sparking passionate debates on urgent maternal health disparities and preventable deaths.

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#DE #MaternalMortality #LegislativeAction #HealthDisparities #CitizenPortal

Good midwives can win the trust of pregnant women and help them take care of their own health while staying respectful of cultural practices, Kaura says. #medsky #onehealth #maternalmortality #midwives

@uriebay.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @tomlevenson.bsky.social @anniegirl.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social @merlinofcanada.bsky.social @maej43.bsky.social 🤦😖🙄 The #USA has the highest #MaternalMortality rate in the developed world.😠 #JanellGreenSmith 🕯😔💔

Committee adopts resolution designating Jan. 23, 2026, as maternal health awareness day The House Health Committee unanimously reported House Resolution 379 to designate Jan. 23, 2026, as maternal health awareness day after sponsor remarks citing rising maternal mortality and local disparities.

Pennsylvania is taking a bold step to combat maternal mortality by designating January 23, 2026, as a day of awareness, highlighting a crisis that impacts families across the state.

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#PA #MaternalMortality #PublicHealth #PennsylvaniaMaternalHealth #CitizenPortal

The cover of the January 2026 issue of The Lancet Global Health, featuring a photograph of an African health worker taking a fingerprick blood sample from a new mother. Image credit: DFID.

Our January issue is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Featuring content on #HIV #Diabetes #MaternalMortality #CervicalCancer #Malaria #PretermBirth #EyeHealth #Alcohol #InjectingDrugUse

We wish you a peaceful end to 2025 🕊️

The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America Book by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer

The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America” by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer #abortion #preRoe #postRoe #politics #prechoice #reproductiveaccess #reproductivejustice #clinicsclosing #maternalmortality #nonfiction #history #nowhitewashing #booksky #skybook

'This was a wanted pregnancy': The mothers facing prosecution in Trump's America In the wake of widespread abortion bans, US prosecutors launch hundreds of cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.

“Every day he continues to develop, he puts myself and his twin at greater risk for complications,” she wrote in her diary at the time. “I want my baby to be OK and he will never, never, never be OK.”
#PregnancyProsecution #RedState
#MaternalMortality #Texas

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Available online now with a VIDEO ABSTRACT!

Original Article
Provisional Versus Final Cause of Maternal Death on Autopsy: Exploring the Gaps

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#4n6 #forensicpathology #causeofdeath #maternalmortality

Sadly Bianca degli Utili, wife of the nobleman Pierino Maselli, pictured here with five of her sons and her daughter, died in childbirth not long after this portrait was painted. 💔💔💔

#MaternalMortality
#ChildbedDeaths
#EarlyModernBirths
#HistoricalMidwifery
#Tudorbirths

This is so awful.

#racism #maternalmortality #fireeveryone

EVMS dean tells Commission sleep apnea in pregnancy doubles risk of preeclampsia; panel adds topic to subcommittee Dr. Lewis, dean of Eastern Virginia Medical School, told the Commission on Womens Health that obstructive sleep apnea in pregnancy is associated with higher maternal and fetal risks including roughly double the risk of preeclampsia and increased rates of C-section, pulmonary embolism and in-hospital death. Members voted to add sleep apnea inpregn

Dr. Lewis reveals alarming connections between obstructive sleep apnea during pregnancy and severe health risks for both mothers and babies, urging immediate action for better screening.

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#VA #CitizenPortal #VirginiaWomensHealth #SleepApnea #MaternalMortality #TelehealthAccess