Re: (tranlation) Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:11:43 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 3/21/2025 6:52 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

In article <vril6j$i5kg$2@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

SNIP
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On 3/19/2025 1:17 PM, James Nicoll wrote:

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<snippo -- more kids needed!>
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Today I read that "The US has the highest maternal mortality rate in the
developed world. Shockingly, it's on the rise." I have not checked this.
P 239. Careless People. Sarah Wynn Williams. 2025.

 
This is sadly true, and it's more than doubled in the past twenty years.
My friend who is a doula says that some of this is because Americans are
choosing to have babies much later in life now, but most of it is due to
the lack of available medical care and Americans' reluctance to use what
care is available.

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And the fact that one of our two political parties does everything it
can to stamp out affordable medical care, government assistance and
birth control.

Rich people don't need any of that stuff.

And the savings can fund tax breaks! A win-win!
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"