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Abortion restrictions will invariably hurt those who need expanded health care access the most, including rural and minority women.

Doctors speak out: Abortion access is on the ballot in Arizona

Nov 7, 2022 ◇ Gloria Rebecca Gomez/The Arizona Mirror

Just days before the 2022 midterm elections, Arizona doctors called on voters to elect pro-choice candidates, warning that their ability to care for women across the Grand Canyon state is at risk. Read more»

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Abraham Axicinean, 5 months old, sleeps on the bed in Eriana Alce’s home in Bateye San Isidro. At just 17 years old, his mother died giving birth to him at Hospital Materno-Infantil San Lorenzo de Los Mina in Santo Domingo.

Maternal deaths plague Dominican Republic

Oct 20, 2011 ◇ Tarryn Mento/Cronkite News Service

In the Dominican Republic, the lifetime risk of maternal death is one in 320, according to UNICEF. That’s almost seven times higher than in the United States. Read more»


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