Introduction to Part II

According to Amnesty International's report "Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA" published in 2010, two to three women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States; an update one year later indicated that the United States' maternal...

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Published inTheatre history studies Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 125 - 142
Main Authors Bamford, Karen, Rabillard, Sheila
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pleasant Hill The University of Alabama Press 2016
University of Alabama Press
Subjects
Abortion
American drama
Analysis
Birth control
British drama
Decriminalization
Dramatists
Employment
Essays
Feminism
Infertility
Maternal mortality
Motherhood
Mothers
Politics
Portrayals
Social aspects
Theater
Womens health
United Kingdom > UK
Canada
United States > US
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Summary:According to Amnesty International's report "Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA" published in 2010, two to three women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States; an update one year later indicated that the United States' maternal mortality rate had worsened from forty-first to fiftieth (as compared to other Amnesty-ranked countries). Other changes, such as the number of births to unmarried women-almost four out of ten in the United States in 2015; rising faster in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s than at any time in history-require adaptations in political, social, and economic structures even as they indicate shifts in sexual mores, family patterns, and maternal responsibilities.8 If adequate support for maternity is often wanting in stable and privileged nations, more disturbing still is international inaction concerning the use of rape as a part of warfare, the subject of a widely publicized conference:
ISSN:0733-2033
2166-9953
2166-9953
DOI:10.1353/ths.2016.0006