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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. UBB Code™ Images not permitted. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Miz Scarlet: [QB] (Try the general health forum!) Infant mortality is such a complex issue, especially in the states. There are SO many things we can look to as to why we have the worst infant mortality rate in the western world. Poverty is the obvious biggie, and lack of access to both healthcare, sound nutrition and the like as a result is an obvious major cause. But there are loads of other factors, too. For instance, a big reason that teen pregnancies often result in less healthy babies is because of young women -- including those who DO have available healthcare -- not seeking out pre-natal care. Sometimes, that''s because (for those who can get and afford it) teens just don't know that they need it or when, but many times, it's because the teens are trying to hide a pregnancy as long as possible, or are sustaining a pregnency they didn't want and don't really want to sustain in the first place. So, so, SO many reasons this is all the case. But I do think the above guidelines send a pretty clear message about both the state of women's rights per autonomy over their bodies in the U.S., and how the U.S. prioritizes women's health in general. I'm not going to prepare my body for pregnancy if I have no interest in becoming pregnant. Sure, rape stats given what they are, the state of abortion services and birth control services and access being what they are (much of which COULD be made far better by the feds, but they've little interest in such, and obviously, have a strong interest against such in some regards), I may well become pregnant whether I like it or not; I (or any woman) may well find myself in a position at some point where I don't get a choice about staying pregnant or not. But HELL if I'm going to use my energy to "prepare" my body for something I'm not interested in rather than to do what I can to make sure I get to choose that in the first place, get the very care they're talking about whether I want to breed or not, et cetera. And it's a nice red herring, anyway, courtesy of our administration: let's send a message that shifts the blame for infant mortality and health rates off of us, and , per usual, unto women. [/QB][/QUOTE]

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