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DESCRIPTION:Santa Rosa March for Moms & Rally to Improve Birth 2018\n\nWhere: Howarth 
 Memorial Park, 600 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa 95405\n\nWhen: Sunday, May 6 
 at 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT\n\nJoin us as we March for Moms and rally to 
 improve birth!\n\nWhile consumers, health care professionals and diverse 
 stakeholders gather in the nation’s capital for the March for Moms, the 
 annual Rally to Improve Birth will take place simultaneously in states and 
 communities across the country.\n\nOne in every three Americans is born 
 through major surgery and we have the highest rates of maternal death and 
 injury, the lowest birth weights, and the widest disparities in the entire 
 developed world.\n\nWe believe that birth can be better and that it matters 
 for the lifelong mental health and well-being of the entire family.\n\nWe 
 believe that women are the ultimate decisions makers in childbirth, and 
 they have the right to be treated with dignity and compassion.\n\nWe 
 believe that the U.S. maternity care system is decades behind what we know 
 is best for mothers and babies and that there is no real motivation for the 
 system to change.\n\nBut most importantly, we believe that when people have 
 the tools to inspire change, they will take action.\n\nTHE ISSUES: Rising 
 Maternal Mortality and Poor Health Outcomes\n\nThe rate of Mothers dying in 
 childbirth or due to pregnancy related causes continues to climb in the 
 U.S., unlike all other industrialized countries.\n\nWHY? Poor access to 
 healthcare, discrimination, lack of information about family planning 
 options, and healthcare provider shortage, among others.\n\nDue to these 
 barriers, the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality out of every 
 industrialized country.\n\nMaternal death for American Indian/Alaskan 
 Native and non-Hispanic Black women is 3 to 4 times more likely to happen 
 compared to White women.\n\nOver 50% of maternal deaths are considered 
 preventable.\n\nMATERNITY & FAMILY LEAVE POLICIES\n\nOf 186 countries, 96% 
 provide some pay to women during maternity leave.\n\nThe United States is 
 the only high-income country, and one of only eight countries in the world, 
 that does not mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns.\n\nResearch shows 
 that paid leave increases the likelihood that:\n\n--Workers will return to 
 work after childbirth\n--Improve employee morale\n--Has no or positive 
 effects on workplace productivity\n--Reduces costs to employers through 
 improved employee retention\n--Improves family incomes\n\nPersons of color 
 have an even greater barrier in obtaining any leave at all, whether it is 
 paid or not.\n\nhttp://www.marchformoms.org/the-issues/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/23/18808695.php
SUMMARY:March for Moms & Rally to Improve Birth (Santa Rosa)
LOCATION:Howarth Memorial Park, 600 Summerfield Rd, Santa Rosa 95405
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/23/18808695.php
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