Further info on how and why California is so much better than the rest of the country on this.
Further info on how and why California is so much better than the rest of the country on this.
That's because, as NPR and ProPublica have reported, the American medical system still prioritizes infant survival over maternal care. It approaches childbirth with the assumption that most women who give birth will be fine.
And that is because there is a politicized cultural narrative that says so. Mind you, the medical establishment in this country is historically resistant to and slow to change and its culture continues to be a microcosm of the white male narrative. It is hardly fertile ground for attempts to counter the dogma about how natural and magical child bearing is and how evil all those contraceptives and murderers are. Oh, and how if a woman dies in childbirth it's god's will, or some such.
Every professional medical organization in this country needs to start by telling their practitioners if they want professional recognition they keep their religion at home. If they can't do that, then they can't practice or they have to have a separate class of license that clearly states that they do not provide a full range of appropriate care options because their personal religious practice is more important than the health of their patients.
As long as it is officially acceptable to practice 'according to your conscience' and not science and the law, mothers don't count. Only babies, who are supposed to do I don't know what if they survive and their mother doesn't. Also, the minute they aren't babies they're leeches on society if they can't support themselves or find an adult who will.
But birth is magic!
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/29/632702896/to-keep-women-from-dying-in-childbirth-look-to-california
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/29/632702896/to-keep-women-from-dying-in-childbirth-look-to-california
That's because, as NPR and ProPublica have reported, the American medical system still prioritizes infant survival over maternal care. It approaches childbirth with the assumption that most women who give birth will be fine.
And that is because there is a politicized cultural narrative that says so. Mind you, the medical establishment in this country is historically resistant to and slow to change and its culture continues to be a microcosm of the white male narrative. It is hardly fertile ground for attempts to counter the dogma about how natural and magical child bearing is and how evil all those contraceptives and murderers are. Oh, and how if a woman dies in childbirth it's god's will, or some such.
Every professional medical organization in this country needs to start by telling their practitioners if they want professional recognition they keep their religion at home. If they can't do that, then they can't practice or they have to have a separate class of license that clearly states that they do not provide a full range of appropriate care options because their personal religious practice is more important than the health of their patients.
As long as it is officially acceptable to practice 'according to your conscience' and not science and the law, mothers don't count. Only babies, who are supposed to do I don't know what if they survive and their mother doesn't. Also, the minute they aren't babies they're leeches on society if they can't support themselves or find an adult who will.
But birth is magic!
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/29/632702896/to-keep-women-from-dying-in-childbirth-look-to-california
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/29/632702896/to-keep-women-from-dying-in-childbirth-look-to-california
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