The US spends more on healthcare than any country on Earth.

Yet America’s maternal mortality rate is closer to Bahrain and Egypt than countries like Norway, Australia, Japan or Germany.

In Norway, 1 mother dies per 100,000 births.
In the US, it’s 17.

A review of Pennsylvania’s data found that 99% of pregnancy-related deathsthere are preventable.
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Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6 weeks after giving birth

The late postpartum period has the highest risk for maternal deaths, yet the standard of postpartum care in the US ends at approximately six weeks after birth.

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