This Grizgetmystoagie is trying very hard to have a reasonable discussion. He's being hit with stupidity and equivocation on all sides.
You know, this is twice today I read the jazz over there that "every pregnancy is a health and life risk for every woman. 600,000 women die every year from childbirth. Countless are harmed for the rest of their lives from complications in birth."
OK, DUnderheads, please don't reproduce. Any you do produce, please give up for adoption.
Cause of Death........Total Number of Deaths
Major Cardiovasular Diseases ...........936,923
Malignant Neoplasms ......................553,091
Chronic Lower Resperitory Dis. .........122,009
Diabetes Mellitus .............................69,301
Influenza and Pneumonia ..................65,313
Alzheimers ....................................49,558
Motor Vehicle Accidents ..................43,354
Renal Failure ..................................36,471
Septicemia ....................................31,224
Firearms ........................................28,663
{not on the chart}
Childbirth............................................540
http://www.the-eggman.com/writings/death_stats.htmlhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr55/nvsr55_19.pdfIn 2004, a total of 540 women were reported to have died of maternal causes.
The 600,000 is even overstated for GLOBAL maternal deaths...causes for which include anything from violence to women to ABORTION.