For the joy of childbirth, many of us take our chances on the health risks of pregnancy. But we shouldn’t be forced to.
Tiffany was 17 weeks pregnant when her water broke while she walked to her car. The fetus wasn’t viable. Her OB-GYN team recommended an abortion—the standard of care, given the high risk of infection and death associated with her condition. While she considered her options, her blood stopped clotting properly—a possibly deadly complication. Doctors intubated her and rushed her to the ICU for a prolonged stay, where she had an emergency abortion.
But carrying a fetus is inherently risky, even in normal pregnancies. The risk that something will go drastically wrong for the mother in pregnancy, or that there will be harmful lifelong health consequences, is unavoidable: Fundamental evolutionary forces have etched these risks into our genes. If you talk to five pregnant people in the USA, statistically one of them will experience aMany of us are willing to take our chances, with the support of medical care, for the joy of childbirth.
can cause the most common and dangerous pregnancy complications: high blood pressure, diabetes, and severe bleeding.
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