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What to do with childless cat ladies?

Cats are awesome. Childlessness makes sense in a world that hates children.

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Maternity care deserts: politics, policy, and (Un)Wellness

Maternity Care Deserts are a public health problem compounded by bad policy.

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Guns, Misogyny, and Maternal Mortality: State Sanctioned Violence Against Women

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Maternal Mortality and the Data we don’t have

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Medical Mistrust as a public health problem

This article tells the story of Astrid, one of the many “near misses” in the US maternal mortality crisis and explores how mistrust, fueled by childbirth experiences, could be contributing to the maternal mortality crisis.