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Make Motherhood Safer for all Women

Sponsored by: Centre for Development and Population Activities

Honor your mother by pledging your support for programs that make motherhood safer for all women and their families worldwide.

Each year, over 500,000 women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. That's one woman every minute. The vast majority of these deaths occur in the developing world, primarily in Africa and Asia. Compounding the tragedy is the increased risk to children, who are many times more likely to die when they lose their mothers.

The good news is that solutions are close by. Simple, cost-effective investments can drastically reduce the risk women face in childbirth. The World Health Organization estimates that less than two-thirds of women in less developed countries are assisted by skilled attendants during childbirth, a critical intervention. And, access to reproductive health care and voluntary family planning services has been proven to have an enormous impact by allowing women to limit and space their childbearing to healthier intervals.

Despite the enormous need, U.S. support for international family planning programs has declined by almost 40% over the past decade. Take action now to increase U.S. support for these vital programs that offer families around the world access to maternal health care, HIV/AIDS prevention, education and contraceptives -- and save lives.

THE PLEDGE

I honor those women who bring new life to the world, despite the risks. I join the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) in urging the United States Congress to restore a decade of declining funding for international family planning programs by committing $1 billion to these vital programs in the coming year.

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We signed the “Make Motherhood Safer for all Women” Pledge!

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8:45 am PDT, Jul 31, Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts

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6:30 am PDT, Jul 30, Zabrina C. Leith, New Jersey

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9:02 pm PDT, Jul 28, Caroll FOWLER, California

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7:00 pm PDT, Jul 28, SHARON GOWIN, Arizona

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11:08 am PDT, Jul 28, Deborah Greymoon, Colorado
Simple health issues must be addressed for pregnant women around the world: getting clean safe water to drink, being safe from war and violence, having enough protein in their diets to grow healthy birthweight babies. Having access to jobs helps women reach these goals. Having access to health care helps their caregivers screen and monitor their progress and address issues of concern. This is not too much to ask. Reasonable family planning programs are also necessary to help women maintain their health so that when they do decide to have children they can do so safely and care for them as well.

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5:13 pm PDT, Jul 26, Name not displayed, California

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1:17 pm PDT, Jul 26, Samantha Sayer, Georgia

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7:02 am PDT, Jul 26, Madeline Crane, Wisconsin

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1:35 pm PDT, Jul 24, Gayle Harsma-Mullin, California

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3:57 pm PDT, Jul 23, Nora Pardave, Florida

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12:05 pm PDT, Jul 23, Molly Robison, California

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7:01 am PDT, Jul 23, Marcia Keller, Florida
Give financial support to programs of family planning, NOT support abstinence-only programs, and Not suipport govts that do not discourage male fidelity and responsibility to family.

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2:06 pm PDT, Jul 22, JOSSIE A ROSS, Canada

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1:51 pm PDT, Jul 22, Lindsay Walker, Tennessee

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11:29 pm PDT, Jul 21, Maximillion Music, California

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5:40 pm PDT, Jul 21, Alexandria Miller, California
The U.S. can't just watch a bunch of people die. With all the people that die everyday, childbirth death could make it better. HIV/AIDS progams should be available because a lot of people die from AIDS.

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12:23 pm PDT, Jul 21, Cassie Ayres, Illinois
The United States should also support family planning programs.

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7:16 am PDT, Jul 21, Cindy Bushway, Florida

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1:24 pm PDT, Jul 20, Mary Waltner, Illinois

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11:19 am PDT, Jul 20, VIDA TOBI KANTER, New York

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1:01 am PDT, Jul 20, Name not displayed, Connecticut

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6:13 pm PDT, Jul 19, Terri Ybarbo, Texas

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2:18 pm PDT, Jul 18, Blythe W., Arizona

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12:31 pm PDT, Jul 18, Tamsin Leavy, New York

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1:31 pm PDT, Jul 17, Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece

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8:01 am PDT, Jul 17, Tara O'Sullivan, New York

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3:12 pm PDT, Jul 16, Jen Romero, Arizona

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11:52 am PDT, Jul 15, Octavian Paul Draja, Romania

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9:55 am PDT, Jul 15, Jennifer Stapf, Maryland

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5:54 pm PDT, Jul 14, Christofer Nicodemus, California

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10:33 am PDT, Jul 14, Sonja Helman, Maryland

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3:53 pm PDT, Jul 12, Leslie Cassidy, New York
By promoting and sponsoring family planning programs which we do less of since the Religious Right has dominated US politics.

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4:47 pm PDT, Jul 11, Karen Radencic, Ohio

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9:10 pm PDT, Jul 10, Claudia Santillan, Nevada

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7:07 am PDT, Jul 10, Andrew Staubly, California

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6:06 am PDT, Jul 10, Shana Maier, California

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5:36 pm PDT, Jul 8, Karen Mueller-Harder, Vermont

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1:25 pm PDT, Jul 8, Katie Pollak, Florida

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12:50 pm PDT, Jul 8, Becky Smith, Ohio

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9:29 am PDT, Jul 8, Amanda Hayes, Ohio

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11:38 am PDT, Jul 7, Julie Dion, New Mexico
Humanity will out

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11:19 am PDT, Jul 7, Susan Wease, Texas
We could decrease the numbers of mother's and children around the world that die needlessly, by giving access to health care and birth control. It is the only humane thing to do.

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9:00 am PDT, Jul 7, Sandy Helm, Georgia

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4:20 pm PDT, Jul 6, David Buck, California

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10:52 pm PDT, Jul 5, Aimee Van Buren, California

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7:17 pm PDT, Jul 5, Lora Nell Gilbert, Kentucky

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11:54 am PDT, Jul 5, M. Dixon, Washington D.C.

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9:15 pm PDT, Jul 4, Janice Oscarson, Vermont

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12:27 pm PDT, Jul 4, Tania Savana, Indonesia
No racism, respect all people with love and no harm to people in need.

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9:53 am PDT, Jul 4, Pamela Grossmann, Illinois

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