Good News…

Number of maternal deaths worldwide has halved in the last 35 years

The number of mothers dying as a result of pregnancy has declined precipitously in the last several decades due to reduced poverty rates, improved physical and mental health services, healthier lifestyles, increased access to contraceptives, and more. In 1985, nearly 600,000 mothers died every year worldwide. Today, it’s half that.

From:  Spark of Genius

I’m horrified to know that 600,000 mothers died every year world wide and NOW ONLY 300,000 women DIE!  That’s still outrageous.  How many men die from having a child????  And women are still not treated fairly, or with respect.

 

Great speaker and ALL GOOD NEWS!!!! Short and sweet…don’t miss it…you’ll feel better.

And the GOOD NEWS IS: Write letters to thank these companies for doing the right thing and backing women.

The republicans may have shot themselves in the foot.  Companies, according to forbes.com, are offering benefits to their employees who need abortions, or medical help.  The will pay to send an employee, or anyone in his/her family, to a blue state, where the woman can get safe and proper medical help.  And these are the fantastic companies who are doing it:

Airbnb
Amazon
Almalgamated Bank
Apple
Bumble
Citigroup
Chobani
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Disney
DoorDash
Goldman Sachs
Hims & Hers
Interpublic Group,Publicis Groupe and WPP
JPMorgan Chase
Levi Strauss & Co.
Lyft
Match Group
Microsoft
Netflix
Patagonia
Power Home Remodeling
Reddit
Salesforce
Starbucks
Tesla
United Talent Agency
Yelp
Zillow

People are coming forward to show their support for women.  I’ve never seen anything like this and it’s amazing to me.

I bet the republicans didn’t expect THIS.