Around the world Quote by Nicholas D. Kristof

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

— Gabrielle Palmer

“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

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

— Robin Lim

Every second minute, a woman or a girl dies in the world due to pregnancy.

— Isabella Lovin

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

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

For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality.

— Fay Ripley

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

— Jessica Capshaw

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

Abortion is child mortality.

— Chris Smith

Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter…

— Navi Pillay

So far it has been assumed that the only pregnancies which are aborted are accidental ones and the only foetuses destroyed those whose mothers…

— Germaine Greer