Gerd_BrodowskiDec 12

#israel #gaza : #war / #gaza / #infrastructure / #health / #civilianwarvictims / #women / #motherhood / #children / #uno

„Gaza’s #healthsystem for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in #maternaldeaths, #miscarriages and #newbornfatalities amid #massdisplacement and #hunger.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166569

Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns

Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger.

UN News
Show threadSarah G. Carpenter, Ph.D.Feb 22, 2025
The piece quotes a couple of lawmakers + assorted law-adjacent sources as saying, basically, "Something ought to be done" ... but, so far, nobody is actually DOING anything.
Meanwhile, the Angel of Death - er, I mean, Gov. Abbott - insists everything's fine.
Probably because, for at least some Republicans, the increase in #MaternalDeaths isn't a bug - it's a feature.
#eugenicists are kinda ok w/losing a few women along the way to stronger breeding stock, right??
/end
Show threadSarah G. Carpenter, Ph.D.Feb 22, 2025
I'm a huge nerd for research. Mad props to the ProPublica team. ZERO props to the legislators who created the conditions under which #MaternalDeaths in TX **ROSE** by one-third when the rest of the country saw them FALL by nearly 8% over the same period. #AbortionCareIsHealthcare
Show threadSarah G. Carpenter, Ph.D.Feb 22, 2025

I'm often a skeptic on the numbers cited in reporting, because PPL DON'T UNDERSTAND RATIOS (I blog about that periodically), but these researchers established a clear baseline for comparison. HOWEVER ... it's important to note that #MaternalDeaths are strongly differentiated by race & ethnicity in this country:

https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/688063d3176311f3b2ee6c14f02bf4e4/rtc-maternal-health.pdf

Sarah G. Carpenter, Ph.D.Feb 22, 2025
An absolutely gut-wrenching piece today from ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis
Contains the unsurprising news that #MaternalDeaths go up when #ReproductiveFreedom is stripped away. 👇
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

ProPublica
Barbara MonacoNov 22, 2024
Georgia abruptly disbands committee that investigates the deaths of pregnant women. The state has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the US.
#maternaldeaths
#amberthurman
#womenshealth
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj3kxvl1j8o
Georgia axes maternal health panel after abortion deaths leak

Members of the task force had told ProPublica the state's abortion ban had led to women's deaths.

looktotheroseJun 28, 2024
#abortionrights
#maternaldeaths
#infantdeaths
AutisticMumTo3Feb 19, 2024

Call the midwife! No matter how bad you’ve heard care can be, ‘freebirthing’ is not the answer
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/call-the-midwife-no-matter-how-bad-you-ve-heard-care-can-be-freebirthing-is-not-the-answer/ar-BB1ivVvC?cvid=a0de1504be334080ff16eca539442e57&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

#Midwifery
#Freebirthing
#HomeBirths
#NationalChildbirthTrust
#NCT
#RoyalCollegeOfMidwives
#Understaffing
#BirthCentres
#BirthTrauma
#Trauma
#PTSD
#MaternalDeaths
#Pregnancy
#Childbirth
#NHS

MSN

Matt WillemsenJul 9, 2023
US maternal deaths more than doubled over two decades, study estimates
Black people have the highest overall rates of deaths in the US.
The number of people in the US dying of pregnancy-related causes more than doubled over two decades, with Black, Native American, and Alaska Native people facing the highest risks, according to a new study in JAMA.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/07/us-maternal-deaths-more-than-doubled-over-two-decades-study-estimates/ #US #MaternalDeaths #doubled #pregnancy #minorities
US maternal deaths more than doubled over two decades, study estimates

Black people have the highest overall rates of deaths in the US.

Ars Technica
ethanJul 4, 2023

If you are outraged by Russia kidnapping Ukrainian children, but not by the increase in maternal deaths among POC in the United States, ask yourself why.

#USA #MaternalDeaths #inequality