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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
we have the highest maternal mortality rate of any civilized country in the world, and for women to be dying to give birth in America is unacceptable.
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

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Lawrence highlights the unacceptable maternal mortality rate in the U.S.

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