Family planning issues relating to maternal and infant mortality in the United States

摘要: Both maternal and infant death rates in the United States are much higher than many developed countries. The interrelationships between abortions mortality have been analyzed on basis of data from 1970s 1980s. legalization 1973 resulted a marked increase legal reductions over course 1970s. However, wide variation abortion number facilities indicates that such were not readily available to all segments population some areas. This probably accounts part for Smoking, small weight gain, use alcohol drugs pregnancy, excessive youth or age affected outcome pregnancy contributed high death. Infant especially among newborns teenagers young adult mothers; relatively proportions these had low birthweights; large share pregnancies involved unintended; slightly half unintended women abortion. Comparisons with findings Sweden reveal unplanned abortion, Sweden. differences attributed better contraceptive services, which made free very inexpensively Also, frequency births was lower