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Monday, November 13th, 2023

It’s getting increasingly dangerous to be a newborn in the US

Author:     Keren Landman
Source:     Vox
Publication Date:     Nov 9, 2023 | 7:00am EST
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Stephan:  

Yesterday I did a piece on the rise in syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that had virtual disappeared in the United States. Today I want to expand on this medical crisis because the data is now clear that the main research this is happening is the christofascist Supreme Court’s cabal overturning Roe v Wade, followed by the Red states passing anti-abortion laws. As I have written many times this has created OB/GYN medical deserts in Red states, and pregnant women are notd getting the health care they need. And not the very significant racial bias in this crisis. We need a national laws stating that abortion is a matter between a woman and her doctor, the government has no business getting involved. And we need another law creating universal birthright single payer healthcare with medical facilities equitably distributed across the country. The only way that is going to happen if you write your representative and senators, and state legislators and tell them they either vote for these laws or you won’t vote for them.

A newborn being weighed in Fridley, Minnesota.
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For two weeks in a row, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released data with a clear and dismal message: It’s getting increasingly dangerous to be a newborn in the United States.

First, last week, the agency published statistics showing that in 2022, the death rate for American infants increased for the first time in 20 years. Then, on Tuesday, the agency released a report showing rates of congenital syphilis — that is, syphilis infections acquired in the womb — have risen tenfold over the past decade.

Although a lot of different risk factors drive each of these trends, there’s an important one they have in common: bad — and worsening — health care access for mothers and babies.

In the US, the obstacles mothers face in accessing health care are too often insurmountable — and as this latest data shows, the consequences to American children are dire. Things might only get worse, some experts fear, as financial, political, […]

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