Birth Quote by Robin Lim

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

— Gabrielle Palmer

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

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

“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

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

— Isabella Lovin

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

— Jessica Capshaw

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

— Koichi Tanaka

I survived a potentially life-threatening childbirth-related complication after delivering my daughter. I learned that hundreds of thousands of girls and women die each year…

— Christy Turlington

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

As soon as one is born, one starts dying.

— Luigi Pirandello

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

Ah well, 'tis the way of the world -- births and deaths, births and deaths.

— Leonid Andreyev