In some #pregnancy emergencies where #abortion is required, there isn’t even a chance the baby will be born. Where #Idaho may argue that is it providing medical care with lifesaving exceptions, it amounted to a potentially fatal game of semantics that increases the likelihood that places like Idaho become #maternity care deserts.
As China faces a population decline and low birth rates, hospitals in the country are shutting down their newborn delivery services because of the decreased demand. The Chinese Communist Party pulled a major reversal of their long-running one-child policy in 2016, but they are having little success convincing citizens to have more children. Young people say high unemployment, economic instability and the lack of resources for caregivers make starting a family too difficult. Read more from Semafor.
"The evidence reviewed by The Times from #Al-Shifa [hospital] points more directly to strikes by Israel...
The strikes analyzed by The Times did not appear to be targeting underground infrastructure. Two of the most severe strikes hit upper floors of the #maternity ward.
A Texas mom was denied maternity leave after delivering a stillborn baby (www.today.com)
“It’s so unnecessarily and unbelievably cruel."