California Said No More Women Will Bleed To Death In Childbirth. The Results Are Dramatic

California Said No More Women Will Bleed To Death In Childbirth. The Results Are Dramatic

Maternal deaths in America are climbing steadily, making us an outlier against the rest of the developed world. The US is only one of 13 countries with maternal death rate increases since 1990. We stand in the company of North Korea and Zimbabwe. 

The reasons for steep rises in maternal deaths in America are several. There have been changes in how maternal deaths are reported. Efforts to correct this under-reporting are a minor reason for the current increase. While it's impossible to prove casuality conclusively, the war against Planned Parenthood has closed many women's health clinics, giving poor and middle class women no access to contraception or maternal care. 

The Republican argument that other women's health care centers will take Planned Parenthood patients is just not correct. An apparent majority of these centers don't accept Medicaid and large numbers do not offer contraception, believing that it goes against religious principles. 

Maternal death rates in Texas have soared, making the state the worst in the developed world with a doubling of deaths over a two-year-period. As lawmakers closed Planned Parenthood locations all over the state, the Texas Observer writes that lawmakers could care less if women are dying in pregnancy for lack of medical care. 

Texas Leads Developed World In Maternal Mortality As Handmaid Activists Bow Meekly In Ohio Statehouse

Texas Leads Developed World In Maternal Mortality As Handmaid Activists Bow Meekly In Ohio Statehouse

Powerful! This is a scene from last week's June 13 protest of Senate Bill 145, a proposed abortion ban of the most common method for second-trimester abortions, at the Ohio statehouse. 

Gone are the pink Planned Parenthood tees, as reproductive health activists now wear long red cloaks and white bonnets in a nod to Margaret Atwood's dystopian feminist classic 'The Handmaid's Tale', now playing on Hulu. 

Michael Premo, Chief of Staff for the Ohio Senate Democrats Tweeted his own photo, with the message: "Just another day at the Statehouse".

'Nasty Woman' T-Shirt Raises Over $100,000 In Trump's Name For Planned Parenthood

As the Donald Trump Administration launches its full-frontal assault on American women (you know, grab 'em by our pu#sies so we know who is boss), Katy Perry steps up to the plate reminding us that 'nasty women' get shit done.

After Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a 'nasty woman' during October's third presidential debate, the Internet and Twitter immediately claimed the term as a rallying call for women worldwide. The Cut reports that even today, the 'Nasty Woman' merchandise is flying off shelves shows no sign of slowing down.

The most successful item to date is Google Ghost's 'Nasty Woman' t-shirt, which donates half of proceeds from shirt revenue directly to Planned Parenthood and in Trump's name. The donation to date is $100,165 for Planned Parenthood.

If you are ready to rally for 'Nasty Women' worldwide, join us at the Washington DC Women's March on January 21 or at marches in your local community. See Women's March on Washington FB page.

Related: With regard to top Hillary supporter Lena Dunham's 'Distasteful Joke' about abortion, we can only say: with friends like her, who needs enemies. Thanks Lena for fueling every dirty, rotten image of feminism worldwide. Talk about East Coast, liberal narcissism that damages dirt poor women in Texas. Just yesterday, Texas -- which lost its big case to derail abortion and contraception rights in Texas -- moved again to block Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood for any reason.