The article follows Jordyn Albright’s near-fatal childbirth experience to highlight the U.S.’s alarmingly high maternal mortality rate, which surpasses that of other wealthy nations despite high healthcare spending. It explores contributing factors like healthcare disparities, maternity care deserts, racial inequities, and policy changes, while emphasizing that most maternal deaths are preventable with better care standards, monitoring, and systemic reforms. Originally published at LiveScience.

Andreea Creanga is quoted.