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Hard to take articles from vox seriously when they put this in bold print. >Mothers die too often because women’s health isn’t valued in the US
by IronWolve 9y ago
Hard to take articles from vox seriously when they put this in bold print.
>Mothers die too often because women’s health isn’t valued in the US
- smt88 9y agoSome support for their assertion: - Maternal death rate is worse in the US than any other developed country, and it's rising (even though health overall is getting better) - Until the ACA passed, insurance covered very limited birth-control options for women, but it did cover Viagra[2][3] - Women earn less money, which means they have more difficulty getting appropriate care in the US, where money buys access to better care[4] - The US is still run by old men, many of whom believe that birth control has no medical purpose and is instead a "lifestyle" drug 1. https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-materna... 2. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91538 http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91538 3. https://daily.jstor.org/cover-viagra-but-not-birth-control/ https://daily.jstor.org/cover-viagra-but-not-birth-control/ 4. https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/gender-differences-in-health-care-status-and-use-spotlight-on-mens-health/ https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/gender-d...