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This is a rather misleading headline. The title suggests that that people are unhappy with a falling maternal death rate. Yet, the column just talks about wom
by credo 17y ago
This is a rather misleading headline.
The title suggests that that people are unhappy with a falling maternal death rate.
Yet, the column just talks about womens' health advocates who are concerned that publicizing these numbers (without additional studies) may result in funding cuts.
One can make a case that the advocates were wrong to ask for a delay. One can also make a case that it is wrong to cut funding from a program that is working or that funding cuts shouldn't happen until additional studies are completed.
Yet, none of this suggests that the women's health advocates were unhappy about the falling death rate
- prodigal_erik 17y agoThe question is what other problem goes unsolved, if they dishonestly leave policymakers to assume this problem remains more severe than it actually is now.
- ggchappell 17y agoThat is an excellent point. The article should certainly have mentioned it. When resources are limited, questions of how to allocate them rarely come down only to "do this or don't?"; instead they are "do this or do that?".