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$100M campaign to lower maternal mortality has pro-abortion 'coalition' partners
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America has announced a $100 million campaign aimed at lowering the maternal mortality rate in the United States — an important issue. Unfortunately, though the organization is bipartisan and doesn't appear to promote abortion, several of its partners do.
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America is working to lower the maternal morality rate and save moms and babies.
Yet it promotes other organizations that actively support abortion and believe that pro-life laws increase maternal mortality.
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America was founded by Tom and Olivia Walton; Tom is the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
It's a five-year commitment to combat high maternal mortality rates in the U.S., with a goal of cutting the rate in half by 2031.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 17.9 maternal deaths occurred per 100,000 live births in 2024 — slightly lower than the 2023 rate of 18.6. When broken down by state, the most recent data available are from 2019-2023, revealing that maternal mortality rates by state range from 10.1 to 42.1 per 100,000 live births.
What's important to remember is that this timeframe includes the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, when maternal mortality rates increased temporarily.
"For millions of moms in America, maternal health is bad and getting worse," Olivia Walton told the AP in an interview. "There’s just so much bipartisan consensus around wanting to fix this. I really think the political will is there and part of our job is to help surface that with an information campaign."
According to Fox 5 NY, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America hopes to fund improvements and encourage state governments to match its investments.
Dr. Neel Shah, president of the initiative, told the Associated Press that it will focus on expanding maternal health care in rural areas, training midwives, improving postpartum care, and helping states effectively implement plans to lower their maternal mortality rates.
Working to lower the maternal mortality rate is vital for the health and safety of women and babies. The organization states on its website:
"Preventing maternal death takes a coalition. These organizations are leading the research, advocacy, and direct support that save lives every day. We're proud to share their work with our community — and encourage those who can to support them through donations and advocacy."
Unfortunately, several of those coalition organizations appear to promote induced abortion.
Every Mother Counts was founded by Christy Turlington Burrs after she experienced a complication during childbirth. Her organization has invested millions to improve maternal health, but it is also a proponent of abortion. It lists "unsafe abortion" as an issue affecting maternal health and has claimed that "Abortion care IS healthcare." Despite proof otherwise, it claims that pro-life laws "have had devastating consequences."
4Kira4Moms helps families facing a maternal death and provides public education and legislative advocacy. It was founded by Charles Johnson IV in honor of his wife Kira. Johnson has publicly advocated for induced abortion as a 'right' and has worked alongside the Center for Reproductive Rights. He claims that abortion and a lower maternal mortality are connected.
Chamber of Mothers, an organization that seeks to influence legislators, also claims that access to induced abortion improves maternal mortality rates.
The March of Dimes states that it is neutral on abortion, but it has been connected to Planned Parenthood. While the organization denies a connection, it admitted that five local March of Dimes chapters gave local grants to the nation's most prolific abortion corporation, to reportedly be used "exclusively for prenatal education." The group has also reportedly supported some research that uses the remains of aborted children.
Legalized abortion does not directly reduce maternal mortality. In fact, after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the maternal mortality rate dropped to pre-Covid numbers.
As Live Action News reported in 2023:
Dr. Calum Miller explained that the maternal mortality rate (MMR) — which looks at how many women die related to pregnancy — is a good indicator of how a nation is doing economically as well as how it cares for women. Malta, arguably the most pro-life nation in the world, has had zero maternal deaths from any cause in the last 12 years. Pro-life Poland also has a very low MMR.
An analysis of the maternal mortality rates of countries before and after they legalized abortion revealed that “the link between legal abortion and improved maternal mortality… is the reverse of what its advocates claim."
In fact, in the U.S. in 1971 and 1972, the maternal mortality rate was 18.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. After abortion was legalized in Roe v. Wade in 1972, the rate increased. By 2020, the rate had reached 23.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
Meanwhile, a study published in JAMA Network Open found that the maternal mortality rates are falling in states that have strong pro-life protections as well as in states with pro-abortion laws. It analyzed data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and found that pro-life laws do not increase the maternal mortality rate.
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·$100M campaign to lower maternal mortality has pro-abortion 'coalition' partners
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America has announced a $100 million campaign aimed at lowering the maternal mortality rate in the United States — an important issue. Unfortunately, though the organization is bipartisan and doesn't appear to promote abortion, several of its partners do.
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America is working to lower the maternal morality rate and save moms and babies.
Yet it promotes other organizations that actively support abortion and believe that pro-life laws increase maternal mortality.
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America was founded by Tom and Olivia Walton; Tom is the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
It's a five-year commitment to combat high maternal mortality rates in the U.S., with a goal of cutting the rate in half by 2031.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 17.9 maternal deaths occurred per 100,000 live births in 2024 — slightly lower than the 2023 rate of 18.6. When broken down by state, the most recent data available are from 2019-2023, revealing that maternal mortality rates by state range from 10.1 to 42.1 per 100,000 live births.
What's important to remember is that this timeframe includes the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, when maternal mortality rates increased temporarily.
"For millions of moms in America, maternal health is bad and getting worse," Olivia Walton told the AP in an interview. "There’s just so much bipartisan consensus around wanting to fix this. I really think the political will is there and part of our job is to help surface that with an information campaign."
According to Fox 5 NY, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America hopes to fund improvements and encourage state governments to match its investments.
Dr. Neel Shah, president of the initiative, told the Associated Press that it will focus on expanding maternal health care in rural areas, training midwives, improving postpartum care, and helping states effectively implement plans to lower their maternal mortality rates.
Working to lower the maternal mortality rate is vital for the health and safety of women and babies. The organization states on its website:
"Preventing maternal death takes a coalition. These organizations are leading the research, advocacy, and direct support that save lives every day. We're proud to share their work with our community — and encourage those who can to support them through donations and advocacy."
Unfortunately, several of those coalition organizations appear to promote induced abortion.
Every Mother Counts was founded by Christy Turlington Burrs after she experienced a complication during childbirth. Her organization has invested millions to improve maternal health, but it is also a proponent of abortion. It lists "unsafe abortion" as an issue affecting maternal health and has claimed that "Abortion care IS healthcare." Despite proof otherwise, it claims that pro-life laws "have had devastating consequences."
4Kira4Moms helps families facing a maternal death and provides public education and legislative advocacy. It was founded by Charles Johnson IV in honor of his wife Kira. Johnson has publicly advocated for induced abortion as a 'right' and has worked alongside the Center for Reproductive Rights. He claims that abortion and a lower maternal mortality are connected.
Chamber of Mothers, an organization that seeks to influence legislators, also claims that access to induced abortion improves maternal mortality rates.
The March of Dimes states that it is neutral on abortion, but it has been connected to Planned Parenthood. While the organization denies a connection, it admitted that five local March of Dimes chapters gave local grants to the nation's most prolific abortion corporation, to reportedly be used "exclusively for prenatal education." The group has also reportedly supported some research that uses the remains of aborted children.
Legalized abortion does not directly reduce maternal mortality. In fact, after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the maternal mortality rate dropped to pre-Covid numbers.
As Live Action News reported in 2023:
Dr. Calum Miller explained that the maternal mortality rate (MMR) — which looks at how many women die related to pregnancy — is a good indicator of how a nation is doing economically as well as how it cares for women. Malta, arguably the most pro-life nation in the world, has had zero maternal deaths from any cause in the last 12 years. Pro-life Poland also has a very low MMR.
An analysis of the maternal mortality rates of countries before and after they legalized abortion revealed that “the link between legal abortion and improved maternal mortality… is the reverse of what its advocates claim."
In fact, in the U.S. in 1971 and 1972, the maternal mortality rate was 18.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. After abortion was legalized in Roe v. Wade in 1972, the rate increased. By 2020, the rate had reached 23.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
Meanwhile, a study published in JAMA Network Open found that the maternal mortality rates are falling in states that have strong pro-life protections as well as in states with pro-abortion laws. It analyzed data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and found that pro-life laws do not increase the maternal mortality rate.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
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