Ages Quote by Liya Kebede

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

— Jessica Capshaw

No mother should worry about dying during childbirth in the twenty-first century - and rising maternal death rates in the United States should spark…

— Abigail Spanberger

Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that…

— Melinda Gates

“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

There is a largely-ignored healthcare calamity in the United States that sees between two and three women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth.

— Robin Lim

Pregnancy takes a huge physical toll on your body. I have many friends who have had babies and many of them require medical help…

— Abigail Tarttelin

My sister and the baby she was carrying died in the United States of America. They died in the country that spends more money…

— Robin Lim

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

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

— Brooke Shields

“The equivalent of five jumbo jets’ worth of women die in labor each day, but the issue is almost never covered. The remedy? America…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Too many mothers have lost their children, for thousands of different reasons.

— Debbie Reynolds

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.

— Nicholas D. Kristof