Conventional Med

The Medicalization of Birth is Killing Women

August 25, 2012 by admin in NetNews with 2 Comments


Dying to Have a Child
by Heidi Stevenson

In the United States of America, women are dying in childbirth at double the rate they were 25 years ago. The medicalization of birth is killing women.

America now takes 50th place in the world in maternal mortality! The country is spending $98 billion dollars a year on hospitalization for birth. It ties with Saudi Arabia in maternal deaths.

Face the Facts USA created this revealing infographic giving the facts on maternal deaths in the US:

Dying to Have a Child

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