May 12, 2013 by MOMocrats
#shevotes US moms lag peer countries in maternal health care and child mortality rates. We can do better:
“We need more research in this area and more action for America’s poorest children in general. Save the Children is calling on Congress to create a National Commission on Children to address the critical issues facing the 22 percent of American children born into poverty. Those issues include boosting their chances of surviving the very first day. American mothers deserve this action.
There’s one other important indicator on our Mother’s Index: political status. Countries that outperform their economic peers on maternal and child health tend to do very well on the political status of women.”
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