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No Mothers Day

Shh! It's Almost Mother's Day

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 07.04.2012 | Impact
Read More: Motherhood, Global Maternal Health, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, No Mother's Day, Every Mother Counts, Silent Mother's Day, Christy Turlington Burns, Postpartum-Hemorrhage, Christy Turlington, C-Section Rate in U.S., Global Motherhood, C-Section, Video, Impact News
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH

I was utterly flabbergasted to hear that Christy Turlington Burns, a motherhood advocate, model and mother of a son and a daughter, was calling all mothers to "Just Say No to Mother's Day."

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Why Some Mothers Plan To Disappear On Mother's Day

Lisa Belkin | Posted 07.03.2012 | Parents
Read More: No Mothers Day, Global Motherhood, Mother's Day, Christy Turlington Burns, Celebrity Causes, Maternal Mortality, Video, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

To shine a light on the missing, the charity Every Mother Counts is asking healthy, present mothers everywhere to "disappear" this Mother's Day.

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No Mother's Day: Every 90 Seconds a Woman Dies Becoming a Mother

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Global Maternal Health, Women's Rights, Christy Turlington Burns, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Mothers Day, Unplanned Pregnancy, Amnesty International, No Mothers Day, Human Rights, Every Mother Counts, Global Maternal Mortality, US Maternal Mortality Rates, Pregnancy Complications, Reproductive Justice, Maternal Mortality, Video, Global Motherhood, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

Every 90 seconds, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from a pregnancy-related complication. This isn't just a "third world" problem. The United States currently ranks 50th in the world for maternal health. It is safer to give birth in Bosnia or Kuwait than in California.

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