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An Olympian’s death highlights this nation’s maternal mortality crisis

Por: The Boston Globe Opinion June 16, 2023

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Tori Bowie should be alive. If she had been pregnant in any other wealthy nation, it’s more likely that she would be.But Bowie, who was found dead May 2 from childbirth complications, lived in America, which has the world’s worst maternal mortality rate among high-income countries — f. She was also a Black woman, which means her chances of dying during pregnancy or childbirth were even worse —higher — than the death rate for white... + full article



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