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DESCRIPTION:2018 March for Moms, Rally to Improve Birth in Santa Cruz County\n\nWhen: 
 Sunday, May 6 at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT\n\nLocation: Anna Jean Cummings 
 Park, 461 Old San Jose Rd, Soquel 95073\n\nJoin us as we march for moms and 
 rally to improve birth here in Santa Cruz County!\n\nBring your pen for a 
 letter writing campaign to thank our local providers for the strides made 
 in improving maternity care and to advocate for the adoption and further 
 implementation of ACOG and CMQCC's guidelines to limit unnecessary 
 intervention in 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 consumers and health care professionals 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/2018/04/23/18808696.php
SUMMARY:March for Moms, Rally to Improve Birth in Santa Cruz County
LOCATION:Anna Jean Cummings Park, 461 Old San Jose Rd, Soquel 95073
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/23/18808696.php
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