Maternal Earth

09/19/2022

More than 80%, or roughly 4 in 5 maternal deaths in a two-year period, were due to preventable causes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found.

Four in five pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented, according to a federal analysis of data from 2017 to 2019.

08/23/2022

A reminder.

Teach don't r**e, NOT don't get r**ed.

05/20/2020

Norma McCorvey, also known as 'Jane Roe,' says she was paid to be an antiabortion activist in a new documentary filmed before her death.

04/11/2020

For many Venezuelan women today, the defining feature of childbirth is the ruleta, or roulette: The grueling process of traveling from hospital to hospital, trying to find one that is equipped to help them.

We spent weeks following women inside the country’s health care system, which has been crippled by a broken economy overseen by an increasingly authoritarian government.

04/05/2020

Up to 9.5 million women and girls could miss out on vital family planning services this year because of Covid-19, potentially resulting in thousands of deaths.

Charity warns loss of services caused by lockdowns could result in millions of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions

04/02/2020

TURKEY

"Women's rights groups in Turkey have called for better protection for women facing violence during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, as new figures revealed that over 20 women had been murdered in a three-week period in March."

[https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-women-murder-turkey-increase-domestic](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-women-murder-turkey-increase-domestic)

Women's rights group calls for greater protection for women and children amid fears that domestic violence could soar during Covid-19 pandemic

03/12/2020

02/05/2020

12/01/2019

This isn’t how science works. You can not re implant an ectopic pregnancy.

Ohio introduces one of the most extreme bills to date for a procedure that does not exist in medical science

08/22/2019

Cherisse Scott says she was told she had 10 minutes to speak, but lawmakers stopped her when she mentioned white supremacy

Cherisse Scott says she was told she had 10 minutes to speak, but lawmakers stopped her when she mentioned white supremacy.

08/15/2019

How women around the world manage their periods

In many countries, if you can't afford sanitary products, you improvise – these striking photos show how women around the world manage their periods.