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Gene Green: “Maternal mortality in our country has more than doubled between 1987 and 2014, from 7.2 to 18 maternal deaths per…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
Maternal mortality in our country has more than doubled between 1987 and 2014, from 7.2 to 18 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
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Gene Green
Democratic · Texas

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Gene Green discusses the increase in maternal mortality rates over the years.

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