• TechyDad@lemmy.world
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    Why does this remind me of Trump saying that we could reduce COVID infections by not testing so much.

    Because COVID infections and pregnancy related deaths stop existing if you just stop measuring them, right?

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      They’re treating it exactly like America treats gun violence: we all know it happens, we just don’t exactly know how bad it is.

      We all know it’s possible for women to die in childbirth, but it’s impossible to point to GOP policies being the cause if we don’t know why or how many women are dying.

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        Oooo I’d love a window into how a policy is affecting society. Beyond visualizing the effects in this example, it’d be great to see what other aspects it effects if any that I’m otherwise ignorant to.

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    I would assume that this is just the first in what will be a widespread effort among red states to do the same.

    Simply because banning abortion is essentially guaranteed to lead to an increase in pregnancy-related deaths, and that’s a statistic that undermines the conservative position.

    And it’s ALWAYS the case that when truth is contrary to conservative positions, the positions don’t change to accommodate the truth - the truth is hidden to protect the positions.

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    Turns out, one of the poorest states in the nation really needs government aid to support healthcare. Also turns out, abortions are needed as part of maternal care.

    So what do you do when you have reports telling you these facts that contradict your ideology? Why, you get rid of the reports!

    And here we have Idaho
    Winning her way to fame
    Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze
    and romance lies in her name
    

    (So fun seeing my home state get worse over time).

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    That’s disgusting.

    I suppose they don’t believe in even attempting to improve. Not a place I’d want to live.

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        The Antonov An-225 Mriya was made in 1985 in the Soviet Union, modern day Ukraine.

        It’s a one off plane with the largest wingspan, largest weight, and largest load bearing potential.

        It ran all the way to 2022 when Russians bombed it out to cripple Ukraine’s economic abilities, as it was the only plane that could carry many loads the distances it did, at a rate of travel much faster than freight ships.

        Anyway, to say that nothing was innovated or improved under communism is blatant propaganda.

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          I hear good things about their space program too (Grumpop worked at Thiokol so he probably knew what he was talking about here). I hear they’re also good at building wooden ammo.

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    I visited once when I was 18-19 and I was so unsettled to see almost every young adult woman my age pushing grocery carts with back-to-back kids. Like…they had no chance. For a people who value large families I would think maternity care would be exceptionally well funded. I guess they’ll just make preventable death (4 in 5 maternal deaths) even more commonplace for these young women.

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    Fake news.

    “The whole idea is not necessarily to find someone to blame, but how do we improve our systems, and fight to make sure that we have the resources so that women are not in danger,” former committee member and Maternal Fetal Physician Specialist, Dr. Stacy Seyb said. “We won’t have the ability to look at cases from that sort of a multidisciplinary way anymore, and what you end up with [now] is some raw numbers.”

    The number of maternal deaths will still be tracked, according to IDHW Women and Infant Health Program Manager Jennifer Liposhak.