One of my favorite writers, Nichol Kristof of the New York Times, addresses the injustices of women around the world, who are dying just to bring a life into the world. Kristof recently visited Pakistan, where women and infants die from complications of childbirth because they can not afford the cost of a taxi to the local hospital. It is an injustice. In Pakistan, 1 woman in 74 will die at some point in her life from complications during pregnancy. Pregnancy is deadly.
I wish I could express myself like Mr. Kristof. I wish I could change the world with a pen. He can, so I acquiesce.
“If men had uteruses, “paternity wards” would get resources, ambulances would transport pregnant men to hospitals free of charge, deliveries would be free, and the Group of 8 industrialized nations would make paternal mortality a top priority. One of the most lethal forms of sex discrimination is this systematic inattention to reproductive health care, from family planning to childbirth — so long as those who die are impoverished, voiceless women.”
RR
