Friendship Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in Kuwait or…

— Jessica Valenti

“The World Health Organization estimates that 536,000 women perished in pregnancy or childbirth in 2005, a toll that has barely budged in thirty years.…

— Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Pregnant women who are at risk for suffering complications and even death are in the prime of their lives. The most affected populations are…

— Robin Lim

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in…

— Robin Lim

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.

— Jessica Capshaw

“Every year over half a million women (99% of them from the poor world) die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

In an industrialized country as advanced as the United States, no mother should have the fear of dying during childbirth or in the following…

— Abigail Spanberger

“Take a Somalian toddler. She has a 20% probability of dying before reaching the age of five. Now compare: American frontline soldiers had a…

— Rutger Bregman

The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.

— Rick Santorum

Like my sister, 981 women die every day on Earth from pregnancy and birth-related complications.

— Robin Lim

Statistics show that a soldier's chances of survival in the front lines of combat are greater than the chances of an unborn child avoiding…

— Randy Alcorn