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Lisa Murkowski: “For us as a nation to actually be going the wrong way with maternal mortality is just something that in my mind is…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2021
For us as a nation to actually be going the wrong way with maternal mortality is just something that in my mind is almost unforgivable, inexcusable.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski criticizes rising maternal mortality rates, especially among Native women.

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