![]() The committee recommended a requirement for all hospitals to have a procedure in place for hemorrhages in 2014. Massachusetts’s maternal death review has been around for more than 20 years. Massachusetts’s maternal mortality rate of 8.4 per 100,000 births makes it the state with the second-lowest maternal mortality rate in the United States. Because of this type of preparation in hospitals, California doctors and nurses have been able to save hundreds of lives. This committee found that death from two well-known complications, hemorrhage and preeclampsia, can be prevented through recognition, teamwork, and a list ofthoroughly-practiced treatments. California is leading the way in efforts to reduce the number of maternal mortalities thanks to the formation of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative in 2006. CaliforniaĬalifornia has the lowest maternal mortality rate of 4.0 deaths per 100,000 births.įrom 2006 to 2013, California’s maternal mortality rate declined by 55%, from 16.9 to 7.3 and continued to decline thereafter. Additionally, mothers might turn to illegal, unsafe abortion options to circumvent the new restrictions. They argue that because doctors are concerned about losing their licenses, they might hesitate to perform an abortion on a patient even it is a medical emergency. ![]() Recently, states have passed legislation leading to stricter abortion laws, which opponents worry could result in higher maternal mortality rates. ![]()
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