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Diana DeGette: “Maternal mortality rose in the United States between 2000 and 2014 by 26 percent.”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
Maternal mortality rose in the United States between 2000 and 2014 by 26 percent.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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Highlighting the alarming increase in maternal mortality rates in the U.S.

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