Doubling of maternal deaths in U.S. 'scandalous,' rights group says

[Tonington]

What II did not see reported is how much the pregnancy rate has increased. If that has doubled as well as the infant mortality rate then there is no change, only a manipulation of statistics.

The birth rate in 1990 was 16.7 per 1000, and was 13.9 per 1000 in 2002. It's not a manipulation of statistics if the rate of maternal mortality doubles. That's why they express these statistics as rates instead of how many deaths there were.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

How many of these women who died in childbitrth died because there were no fathers to support them? Who, potentially, could have saved their lives, except for the fact that they were to busy pimping and singing the "I AM VICTIM" tune of "Reverends" Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Jeremiah Wright?

Blaming the women for dying prematurely (or blaming the non existent fathers) is not going to solve the problem. The problem is there, US has more maternal deaths than any other developed country, the number of death doubled in the last few years. What is US going to do about it? I assume nothing. They will probably dismiss Amnesty’s report, as they dismissed the report about death penalty.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

The age of the mother at pregnancy as well as the poor American diets and drug use have a real effect on infant mortality.
What II did not see reported is how much the pregnancy rate has increased. If that has doubled as well as the infant mortality rate then there is no change, only a manipulation of statistics.

We are not discussing infant mortality, we are discussing maternal mortality. We are discussing death ot the mother, not of the child.

High infant mortality in USA is well known. What was not known (at least to me) was the high rate of maternal mortality, mothers dying at child birth. That seems to have doubled in the past few years and is more than most developed countries.

Incidentally, infant mortality is usually quoted per 100,000 births, so increased birth rate should not have any effect on statistics.

 

[YukonJack]

"High infant mortality in USA is well known. What was not known (at least to me) was the high rate of maternal morality, mothers dying at child birth. That seems to have doubled in the past few years and is more than most developed countries."

Perhaps, if there were more MORALITY, there would les mortality.

 

[JLM]

"High infant mortality in USA is well known. What was not known (at least to me) was the high rate of maternal morality, mothers dying at child birth. That seems to have doubled in the past few years and is more than most developed countries."

Perhaps, if there were more MORALITY, there would les mortality.

I can see you've had another "I.Q. injection". Good thought regardless of how you came by it. :lol::lol::lol:

 

[SirJosephPorter]

What a load of utter hypocrisy!

Crying the blues about the death of adults, who should be in complete control of their lives, while fully endorsing - nay, promoting - abortion, which is nothing but killing of innocent little human beings.

And to add insult to injury, these same hypocrits are also hell bent on protecting the lives of career murderous criminals.

Abortion and death penalty are separate issues YJ (and there is no hypocrisy in supporting abortion, opposing death penalty and also condemning the high rate of maternal mortality in USA).

Here we are discussing how the ‘best health care system in the world’, in addition to resulting in one of the lowest life expectancies in developed world, one of the highest infant mortality in developed world, also results in one of the highest maternal mortality in developed world.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

"High infant mortality in USA is well known. What was not known (at least to me) was the high rate of maternal morality, mothers dying at child birth. That seems to have doubled in the past few years and is more than most developed countries."

Perhaps, if there were more MORALITY, there would les mortality.

You mean more Judeo Christian morality, don't you?

 

[YukonJack]

"You mean more Judeo Christian morality, don't you?"

Not necessarily, SirJosephPorter. EVERY religion in the world frowns upon illegitame birts, only the atrists rejoice in it.

And let us not forget: I quoted you!

 

[JLM]

"Abortion and death penalty are separate issues YJ (and there is no hypocrisy in supporting abortion, opposing death penalty and also condemning the high rate of maternal mortality in USA)."

A hypocrite definitely wouldn't think so.

 

[ironsides]

They will probably dismiss Amnesty’s report, as they dismissed the report about death penalty.

They will not get involved in taking away any states rights as to the death penalty. It would require a Amendment change or a new one. Each state can have or not have a death penalty, their choice.