From: Pregnancy Obstetrics News From Medical News Today
The number of Filipino quotwomen who die yearly due to childbirth
and pregnancy complications has doubled in the last four years,quot
and a reproductive health bill opposed by some lawmakers and
stalled in Congress could address this rise in maternal mortality,
health groups say, ABS-CBN News reports.
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