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redqueen

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49. I'm so sorry, cyberswede. I wasn't going to comment but now I will add some more agenda.

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 04:40 PM

Apr 2014

Pregnancy is a health risk. To anyone who claims that birth control and abortion shouldn't be covered by insurance because pregnancy is not a disease is ignoring the many risks that go along with carrying a pregnancy to term.

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Women still die in childbirth - even in the US, even in 2014 [View all] cyberswede Apr 2014 OP

I'm so sorry for your friend and her family MissMillie Apr 2014 #1

I know... cyberswede Apr 2014 #14

How sad Bettie Apr 2014 #2

Thank you cyberswede Apr 2014 #15

So deeply sad for you and your friends. What a tragedy. riderinthestorm Apr 2014 #3

...and such a shock, since her pregnancy was totally typical. cyberswede Apr 2014 #16

So sad! cilla4progress Apr 2014 #4

That happened to someone I knew... cyberswede Apr 2014 #21

Mercy shenmue Apr 2014 #5

thanks cyberswede Apr 2014 #17

Yes. I know of two women, both in their early 20's, who died within a day or two after Sheldon Cooper Apr 2014 #6

Yes, that's one of the reasons I wanted to post here about it cyberswede Apr 2014 #18

ouch, that's rough hfojvt Apr 2014 #7

Those comparisons are worthless joeglow3 Apr 2014 #25

You think countries like Switzerland and Germany are "shitty" in their reporting? KitSileya Apr 2014 #34

I don't know joeglow3 Apr 2014 #35

Then I guess it's a good thing that neither am I. KitSileya Apr 2014 #37

Where do you spend your time in the US joeglow3 Apr 2014 #40

I do realize you didn't mean to, but considering where I live, your post is quite amusing. KitSileya Apr 2014 #44

Golly gee, how nice that the ACA includes all that pre/ante natal health care, innit? MADem Apr 2014 #56

Infant mortality is higher in the US because B2G Apr 2014 #50

this is mortality of the mother hfojvt Apr 2014 #53

So unbelievably heartbreaking Marrah_G Apr 2014 #8

Totally shocked and in despair. cyberswede Apr 2014 #22

I'm totally uninformed over what they might have been able to do boston bean Apr 2014 #9

I believe they tried a partial hysterectomy cyberswede Apr 2014 #13

Exactly joeglow3 Apr 2014 #26

At that point the bleeding is so massive and COLGATE4 Apr 2014 #27

Sounds like DIC may have set in. Ilsa Apr 2014 #41

Yet the Right love to pretend Tsiyu Apr 2014 #10

nothing like throwing your agenda into someone else's tragedy CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #31

No, part of the reason I posted this... cyberswede Apr 2014 #38

Thank you. redqueen Apr 2014 #47

Thoughts to your friend's family. Brickbat Apr 2014 #11

Sorry to hear about your friend I hope her child is ok. dilby Apr 2014 #12

What a tragedy. Please accept my condolences. greatlaurel Apr 2014 #19

How terrible. MicaelS Apr 2014 #20

so shocking pipi_k Apr 2014 #23

That's horrible LiberalEsto Apr 2014 #24

"if men had babies" NM_Birder Apr 2014 #52

This is *exactly* why no woman should be forced to give birth against her will! Freddie Apr 2014 #28

+1. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #29

I'm not trying to scare you, Ilsa Apr 2014 #42

This will be her 2nd c-section Freddie Apr 2014 #45

The fact that it's a second one will improve her odds. Ilsa Apr 2014 #46

+1 Stargazer09 Apr 2014 #54

How horrible and sad azurnoir Apr 2014 #30

Oh, that is so sad. mnhtnbb Apr 2014 #32

So horribly sad libodem Apr 2014 #33

I am really sorry for your loss, and my thoughts go out to her family. KitSileya Apr 2014 #36

My sincerest condolences, CyberSwede. ='( AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #39

I am so sorry for you and your friends. Ilsa Apr 2014 #43

I am so sorry. LeftishBrit Apr 2014 #48

I'm so sorry, cyberswede. I wasn't going to comment but now I will add some more agenda. redqueen Apr 2014 #49

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friends' daughter. Jenoch Apr 2014 #51

I'm so sorry for your loss Stargazer09 Apr 2014 #55