‘It’s going to take all of us’: Pennsylvania tackles maternal mortality - Pittsburgh Union Progress

‘It’s going to take all of us’: Pennsylvania tackles maternal mortality - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Public officials are pushing for new strategies as more women are dying before, during or after giving birth in Pennsylvania. Fueled by mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, deaths among new and expectant moms jumped by over 25% from 2013 to 2020.  The state Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which examines all maternal deaths, found that 107 women died while pregnant or within a year of giving birth, in the most recentl…