D.C.’s maternal mortality rate is at crisis proportions
“The sobering statistics are prompting the District to undertake a long-overdue effort to investigate and understand the causes of maternal mortality and — hopefully — do something about them. Under legislation passed by the council and set to undergo standard congressional review, the District would follow about 35 states in establishing a maternal mortality review committee to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the medical and nonmedical circumstances of deaths that occur during pregnancy and up to one year after.”