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from The Mermaid Moon by Briony May Smith ~ brionymaysmith

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It's so annoying how if a woman chooses abortion, it's "wrong" to encourage her to keep the baby at all, but if a woman chooses to carry the baby in difficult circumstances it's fine to suggest she hasn't considered abortion closely enough yet.

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Let’s nap with mama

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kissy from mama

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i actually think it's criminal that i have not yet seen a single opossum post in this "with mama" trend. they carry their babies on their backs!

let's explore with mama

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A Chinese Water Deer taking a swim with her fawn 

Photograph by  Hans Watson

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let's tussle with mama

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going for a ride with mama

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adoringly staring at mama

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curled up with mama.... protected by mama.... let's be warm with mama...

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let’s hang on mama (of another species)

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Ethiopia. René Tchékof Minosa

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From AAPLOG on Facebook:

A study of maternal mortality in 32 Mexican states over a 10-year period found that maternal mortality rates were not improved by permissive abortion legislation. In fact, states with more restrictions on abortion actually saw *lower* maternal mortality rates, although non-legislative factors (female literacy, birth weight, skilled attendance at birth, clean water, etc.) were leading causes. Abortion legislation, maternal healthcare, fertility, female literacy, sanitation, violence against women and maternal deaths: a natural experiment in 32 Mexican states. BMJ Open. July 1, 2014. Elard Koch, Monique Chireau, Fernando Pliego, Joseph Stanford, Sebastian Haddad, Byron Calhoun, Paula Aracena, Miguel Bravo, Sebastián Gatica, John Thorp.

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The 2018 article “Like Texas, California Once Had A Maternal Mortality Crisis. Here’s How The State Solved It” summarizes some of this. In the early 2000s California saw a spike in MMR, and so they established the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative. For example, the Collaborative introduced “hemorrhage carts” with all the medicine and supplies doctors would need to quickly address postpartum bleeding. These kinds of initiatives helped California majorly reduce maternal mortality even as MMR was increasing nationally.

GEPI’s report frames the MMR differences between Texas and California in terms of abortion policy changes in the last few years, but (1) Texas and California have had major MMR differences for years before these abortion laws, and (2) there are major factors contributing to their different MMRs that have nothing to do with abortion policy. The GEPI report and the journalists covering it minimize or omit these kinds of considerations.

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let's chew cud with mama

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baby capybara named Tupi via san antonio zoo