Koman, Catholics, and the Pill
Great passage that is very important to understand:
Prior to modernization of childbirth, 1 in every 150 births ended in the death of the mother. As the average woman likely had 4 to 6 pregnancies in the 1920s, probably 1 out of every 20 women died in childbed. Today, that number is 8 in 100,000 births in a large part due to antibiotics and C-sections, but also due to pregnancy spacing afforded by contraceptive technology and many fewer pregnancies in older women. The average woman (thanks to pregnancy planning) has under 2 pregnancies so the absolute decline in deaths due to childbirth is about 10000%. The reduction in breast cancer deaths despite A LOT of attention has only beenabout 20% at best. Maybe God is trying to tell us something.
(via usafamilymedicine)
