Letter: Cuts to maternal health are a human rights issue

Letter: Cuts to maternal health are a human rights issue

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com The international charter for respectful maternity care defines universal rights of childbearing women, including: Everyone has the right to health care and to the highest attainable level of health. No one may prevent you or your newborn from getting the health care needed, or deny or withhold care from either one of you. Yo…

By: Tania Claudia Santiváñez Chacón Journalist at LA PATRIA 🔊 Listen to this news Maternal mortality and women’s sexual and reproductive rights are closely related; however, there are women who to date have not soaked up this empowerment to make informed decisions about their health and their bodies. “Less than a year ago my first baby was born, everything went well luckily, I had a C-section, but now my partner wants me to get pregnant again, …

Report details access to maternity care in Kansas – United Methodist Health Ministry Fund

The KU School of Nursing, in collaboration with the Kansas Center for Rural Health, received funding from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund to conduct research on access to maternity care in Kansas. The report was released May 8, 2025. This story below announcing the report originally appeared on KU Medical Center’s website. Report describes the state’s maternity care desert and provides detailed information on the critical resources nee…