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IF I LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU,
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IT COULD BE BECAUSE
I'VE BEEN A FASHION MODEL
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FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
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WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME
IS THAT I'M ALSO A MOM.
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WHEN THE TIME CAME,
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I WAS READY AND EAGER FOR
A LIFE-TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE.
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THE LABOR ITSELF WAS INTENSE
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BUT PRETTY MUCH WENT
THE WAY I IMAGINED IT WOULD GO.
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THEN, IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE
AN INSTANT,
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I WENT FROM FEELING INVINCIBLE
TO POWERLESS.
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THE MIDWIFE CALLED FOR BACKUP.
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THEY TOOK MY BABY AWAY,
AND I BEGAN TO HEMORRHAGE.
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I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FEAR
AND PANIC OF THAT MOMENT.
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FORTUNATELY, I GOT THROUGH IT.
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BUT TOO MANY WOMEN
AROUND THE WORLD DON'T.
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I'VE SINCE LEARNED THAT HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN DIE
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IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
EVERY YEAR,
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AND 90% OF THOSE DEATHS
ARE PREVENTABLE.
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OVER THE YEARS, AS I'VE
WATCHED MY DAUGHTER GROW,
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I'VE CONTINUED TO BE HAUNTED
BY THESE SHOCKING FACTS
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AND COMPELLED
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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JANET IS OVER NINE MONTHS
PREGNANT WITH HER THIRD CHILD.
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SHE'S MADE HER WAY
TO THE NEAREST CLINIC,
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HOPING TO DELIVER THERE.
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JANET WAS AT THE CLINIC
FOR A FULL DAY AND NIGHT.
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THERE ARE ONLY FOUR BEDS.
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THE NURSES NEEDED TO MAKE ROOM
FOR OTHER PATIENTS ARRIVING.
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SHE HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO GO HOME.
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AND IT'S A FIVE-MILE WALK.
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AFTER A LONG DAY
WITHOUT ANY FOOD TO EAT,
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JANET'S LABOR RAMPS UP.
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AND NOW, THE PAIN
IS EVEN MORE INTENSE.
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IN DESPERATION, SHE SETS OFF
FOR THE CLINIC AGAIN.
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THE CLINIC HAS ONE MIDWIFE,
ONE NURSE,
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AND ONLY OCCASIONALLY
IS A DOCTOR AVAILABLE.
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WHEN I WAS A PHYSICIAN,
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HUMAN-RESOURCE SHORTAGE
WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.
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I WORKED IN A FACILITY
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WHERE I WAS
THE ONLY OBSTETRICIAN
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FOR 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE.
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AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE
RESOURCES TO DO THINGS PROPERLY
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IN TERMS OF LACK OF DRUGS,
YOU KNOW,
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LACK OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,
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AND ALSO
THAT PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED,
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IN THE SENSE
THAT THEY ARE OVERWORKED.
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AND WHEN YOU TRY TO TELL THEM
TO WORK MORE,
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I MEAN, YOU ARE
STRETCHING THEM TOO FAR.
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HMM?
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MNH-MNH.
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MNH-MNH.
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MNH.
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MNH-MNH.
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HMM?
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MNH-MNH. MNH-MNH.
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JANET'S LABOR
IS NOT PROGRESSING,
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AND THE THREAT OF DEATH FOR BOTH
BABY AND MOTHER IS PALPABLE.
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WITH NO MONEY
TO PAY FOR FOOD OR TRANSPORT,
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THE NURSES ASK US TO HELP.
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WE ARRANGE FOR A VAN TO TAKE
JANET TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL --
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AN HOUR AWAY.
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THE VAN RIDE COSTS $30,
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MORE THAN JANET'S FAMILY
TAKES HOME IN A MONTH.
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WHEN A WOMAN DIES,
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THERE ARE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS
TO THE WHOLE FAMILY.
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IN A COUNTRY LIKE TANZANIA,
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WOMEN ARE THE ONES WHO DO MOST
OF THE WORK IN THE RURAL AREAS.
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THEY ARE THE ONES
WHO FETCH THE WATER,
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THEY ARE THE ONES
WHO DO THE FARMING,
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THEY ARE THE ONES
WHO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES
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MORE THAN THE MEN.
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AND IF THEY DIE, THEN IT'S
A DISASTER FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
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THE STAFF DETERMINES
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THAT JANET IS EXHAUSTED
AND DEHYDRATED.
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THEY QUICKLY WORK TO INDUCE HER.
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THREE DAYS AND MANY MILES LATER,
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SHE GIVES BIRTH
TO A HEALTHY BABY BOY.
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JUST AS JANET
IS MAKING HER WAY HOME,
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A FRIGHTENED 16-YEAR-OLD
ARRIVES AT THE CLINIC IN LABOR.
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BACK HOME IN NEW YORK,
I CAN'T STOP THINKING
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ABOUT THE ORDEAL
I WITNESSED IN TANZANIA
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AND CONNECTING IT
TO MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
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I REMEMBER THE TRAUMA
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THAT FOLLOWED
THE BIRTH OF MY DAUGHTER.
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WHILE I GOT THE CARE I NEEDED,
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I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER
WHAT THE SITUATION IS LIKE
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FOR WOMEN HERE IN AMERICA
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WHO DON'T HAVE
THE SAME RESOURCES I DO.
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A FRIEND TELLS ME ABOUT
A MIDWIFE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
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WHOSE CLINIC OFTEN SERVES
WOMEN WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE.
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WE HAVE ACCESS FOR CERTAIN
PEOPLE AND NOT FOR OTHERS,
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SO WHERE WOMEN ARE
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DISENFRANCHISED,
UNINSURED, INDIGENT,
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THERE IS NO ACCESS.
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BEING UNINSURED
AND BEING PREGNANT
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IS QUITE A DISASTER RIGHT NOW.
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HERE IT COMES.
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A WOMAN WHO BECOMES PREGNANT
WHO DID NOT PLAN HER PREGNANCY,
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WHICH IS PRETTY WELL
50% OF US --
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SHE FINDS THAT HER INSURANCE
DOESN'T COVER PREGNANCY.
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NOW SHE'S IN A PICKLE.
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IF YOU CALLED YOUR REGULAR
OBSTETRICIAN'S OFFICE AND SAY,
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"HEY, I'M PREGNANT.
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I WANT TO GET STARTED,"
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR,
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"YOU NEED TO BRING
AT LEAST $1,500, $2,000
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TO PUT DOWN ON A DEPOSIT."
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THE FEE COULD BE
ANYWHERE FROM $2,000 TO $4,000
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FOR THE OBSTETRICIAN.
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THAT'S NOT COUNTING
THE HOSPITAL.
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THE HOSPITAL
IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FEE.
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SO YOU'RE ALREADY GONNA BE
SPENDING SOME SERIOUS MONEY,
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AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO THE HOSPITAL
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AND DULY HAVE YOUR BABY,
HURRY UP AND HAVE IT,
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GET OFF THE TABLE,
AND LEAVE WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.
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IF YOU HAD A C-SECTION,
WE'RE TALKING
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A WHOLE MAYBE $15,000, $20,000
BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE.
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THIS IS AN UPSIDE-DOWN SYSTEM.
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THERE'S A GREAT IRONY HERE.
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WHILE WOMEN IN
SOME OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES
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HAVE TROUBLE
GETTING THE CARE THEY NEED,
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IF THEY CAN REACH IT,
IT MAY BE FREE.
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HERE IN THE U.S.,
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WHERE PROVIDERS AND SERVICES
ARE ABUNDANT,
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HEALTHCARE IS ANYTHING BUT FREE.
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IN RURAL TANZANIA,
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THE BARRIER TO EMERGENCY CARE
WAS MEASURED IN MILES.
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HERE IN DHAKA, WHERE
THE HOSPITAL IS MUCH CLOSER,
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THE BARRIERS
ARE BENEATH THE SURFACE.
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MONICA LIVES IN A SLUM
IN THE CAPITAL CITY.
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SHE'S PREGNANT
WITH HER SECOND CHILD.
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WOMEN WILL TELL YOU STORIES.
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I REMEMBER TALKING TO WOMEN
WHEN I SAID,
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"WHY DON'T YOU GIVE BIRTH
OUTSIDE THE HOME,
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BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY RISKS,
AND WHAT ABOUT COMPLICATIONS?"
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AND THE FIRST THING THIS WOMAN
LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,
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"APA, YOU KNOW WHAT WE PRAY?
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WE PRAY, "MAY ALLAH NEVER
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TAKE A WOMAN OUTSIDE HER HOME
TO GIVE BIRTH.
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WE WOULDN'T WISH IT
ON A WOMAN, EVER."
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SO, THE IDEA IS
YOU GIVE BIRTH INSIDE THE HOME
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BECAUSE IT'S A VERY
WOMEN-CENTERED ACTIVITY,
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AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM THE FAMILY,
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AND IT'S ACCEPTED --
CULTURALLY, SOCIALLY.
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WITH HER HUSBAND
AWAY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WORKING,
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MONICA HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL
WITH HER PREGNANCY ON HER OWN.
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YASMIN,
A COMMUNITY-HEALTH WORKER,
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IS PART OF A NEW PROGRAM THAT
ENCOURAGES WOMEN TO GIVE BIRTH
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WITH A SKILLED ATTENDANT
IN A HYGIENIC DELIVERY CENTER.
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IT'S SOMETHING
MONICA IS HESITANT TO DO.
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SHE WOULD PREFER TO STAY HOME
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AND CALL
A TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT,
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EVEN THOUGH
MOST HAVE NO TRAINING.
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IF A WOMAN CANNOT GIVE BIRTH
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OR IF SHE CAN'T FALL PREGNANT,
THE FAULT IS ON THE WOMAN.
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IN ONE VILLAGE,
THERE'S 19 LOCAL TERMS
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FOR A YOUNG GIRL
WHO CAN'T GIVE BIRTH,
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TERMS FOR INFERTILITY --
19 LOCAL TERMS.
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BUT FOR MEN,
THERE ARE ONLY TWO TERMS,
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BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION
IS IT'S THE FAULT OF THE WOMAN.
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IF YOU'RE A WOMAN
WHO CAN'T HAVE A BABY,
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THERE'S
THIS WHOLE SENSE OF SHAME.
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YOU DIDN'T FULFILL YOUR ROLE.
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WITH SO MUCH
RIDING ON THIS PREGNANCY,
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MONICA DECIDES TO GET
THE ULTRASOUND.
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I MEAN, I THINK
OUR DOCTORS ARE NOT SENSITIZED.
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THEY HAVE POOR WOMEN COMING IN,
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AND THEY'RE TOO SCARED
TO BE VOCAL.
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THEY DON'T WANT TO ASK
TOO MANY QUESTIONS,
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AND THEY'RE
NOT ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
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IN THE WHOLE
BIRTHING EXPERIENCE.
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IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM,
THE POWER OF GIVING BIRTH.
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MONICA'S ULTRASOUND REVEALS
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THAT THE BABY COULD COME
AT ANY TIME.
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I WORRY, HOWEVER, THAT
HER EXPERIENCE AT THE HOSPITAL
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WILL UNDERMINE HER CONFIDENCE
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IN DELIVERING
WITH A SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT.
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SURE ENOUGH,
WHEN MONICA GOES INTO LABOR,
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SHE HAS AN UNTRAINED BIRTH
ATTENDANT COME TO HER HOME.
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AFTER SEVERAL HOURS,
MONICA BEGINS TO BLEED.
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IN A PANIC, SHE TRIES
TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL.
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IT'S 2:00 A.M.,
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AND IT'S HARD TO FIND A RIDE
FOR A WOMAN IN HER CONDITION.
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FINALLY, A RICKSHAW DRIVER
AGREES TO TAKE HER FOR 30 TAKA.
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I THINK THERE'S
ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE'S ACCESS.
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"IF YOU PROVIDE A HEALTH
FACILITY, PEOPLE WILL USE IT."
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AND I THINK
WE NEED TO LOOK BEYOND THAT,
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BEYOND THOSE ASSUMPTIONS.
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THEY THINK,
"WE PROVIDE A SERVICE.
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"WHY AREN'T PEOPLE
ACCESSING THESE SERVICES?
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THEY NEED MORE EDUCATION, OR
THEY NEED TO BE MORE INFORMED."
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BUT I THINK
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY TALKING
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ABOUT SOME OF THE REAL ISSUES --
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THE REALITIES OF WOMEN'S LIVES
OR POOR PEOPLE'S LIVES
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AND THE CHOICES THEY MAKE
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WHEN IT COMES TO PREGNANCY CARE
OR BIRTHING CARE,
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00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:21,340
AND WHY THEY ARE
GOING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE
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OR WHY THEY'RE NOT
GOING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
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BUT SOMETIMES,
I FEEL WE DON'T LISTEN
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TO THE POPULATIONS
THAT WE'RE SERVING.
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00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:34,353
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WOMEN FACE
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00:32:34,386 --> 00:32:38,090
IN TERMS OF THE CHOICES OR
THE LACK OF CHOICES THEY HAVE.
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00:32:40,526 --> 00:32:44,196
A FEW DAYS AFTER THE
BIRTH, MONICA'S HUSBAND COMES
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TO TAKE THE FAMILY
BACK TO THEIR VILLAGE.
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I WONDER WHAT SHE'LL SHARE OF
HER TRAUMATIC BIRTH EXPERIENCE,
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IF ANYTHING.
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WILL HER SHAME OVER
NOT HAVING GIVEN BIRTH AT HOME
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OUTWEIGH HER RELIEF
AT HAVING SURVIVED?
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IN SOME WAYS,
I CAN RELATE TO MONICA.
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I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE
A HOME BIRTH.
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I, TOO,
WAS FEARFUL OF HOSPITALS.
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00:33:26,072 --> 00:33:29,608
TO ME, THEY WERE PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE GO TO DIE,
215
00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:32,144
NOT TO GIVE BIRTH.
216
00:33:33,445 --> 00:33:36,315
BUT MY HUSBAND WASN'T
COMFORTABLE WITH A HOME BIRTH,
217
00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:39,485
SO WE COMPROMISED
AND DELIVERED BOTH OUR CHILDREN
218
00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:43,021
IN A BIRTHING CENTER
WITHIN A HOSPITAL.
219
00:33:44,556 --> 00:33:47,726
BUT WOMEN DON'T ALWAYS HAVE
SO MANY OPTIONS.
220
00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:58,337
THINK ABOUT THE SCENARIOS
221
00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,406
WHERE WOMEN
RUN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
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00:34:00,439 --> 00:34:02,341
BECAUSE THEY HAVE
NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
223
00:34:03,475 --> 00:34:04,510
WOMEN WILL COME IN
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00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:07,613
WITH THE BLOOD PRESSURE
ALREADY OUT OF CONTROL.
225
00:34:07,646 --> 00:34:11,317
THE WOMEN WALK AROUND OUTSIDE
WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
226
00:34:11,350 --> 00:34:13,652
WOMEN WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT
ARE AT RISK.
227
00:34:13,685 --> 00:34:17,189
WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD
UNCONTROLLED DIABETES,
228
00:34:17,223 --> 00:34:18,790
THEY'RE NOT GETTING
THEIR MEDICINE,
229
00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:21,460
THEY'RE NOT GETTING INSULIN --
THEY COME IN TO US.
230
00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:24,130
WE HAVE TO SEND THEM DIRECTLY
FROM HERE TO THE HOSPITAL.
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00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:26,165
WE SEND THEM
RIGHT TO THE TRIAGE.
232
00:34:26,198 --> 00:34:28,734
THEY THOUGHT I HAD
PLACENTA PREVIA AT FIRST,
233
00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:32,404
SO THEY WAS LIKE, WITH YOU --
MY LIFE COULD BE IN DANGER,
234
00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:36,408
SO IT WAS, LIKE,
SCARY WITH ME, SO...YEAH.
235
00:34:37,843 --> 00:34:39,745
DID YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR?
236
00:34:39,778 --> 00:34:42,614
EMERGENCY ROOM. I ALWAYS
GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
237
00:34:44,716 --> 00:34:46,652
ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS
238
00:34:46,685 --> 00:34:49,355
ABOUT WOMEN GETTING THEIR CARE
THROUGH THE E.R.
239
00:34:49,388 --> 00:34:51,423
IN THEIR PREGNANCY IS,
UNFORTUNATELY,
240
00:34:51,457 --> 00:34:54,593
THERE'S QUITE OF BIT OF JUDGMENT
THAT GOES WITH THAT CARE.
241
00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:57,429
DOCTORS AND NURSES JUDGE
FROM THE ANGLE OF,
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00:34:57,463 --> 00:35:00,199
"WOW,
YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR BABY,
243
00:35:00,232 --> 00:35:01,667
OR YOU'D GET PRENATAL CARE."
244
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,835
AGAIN, THAT COMES BACK
TO THAT PLACE
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00:35:03,869 --> 00:35:06,705
WHERE THERE'S A LACK
OF UNDERSTANDING ON THEIR PART
246
00:35:06,738 --> 00:35:08,507
ON HOW YOU GET PRENATAL CARE
247
00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:10,909
AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
TO GET PRENATAL CARE.
248
00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,345
MOST OF THE WOMEN
THAT PRESENT IN OUR E.R.
249
00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:16,415
ARE NOT WANTONLY TRYING TO AVOID
GETTING PRENATAL CARE.
250
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:17,716
THEY HAVE JUST HAD IT
251
00:35:17,749 --> 00:35:20,552
AND CAN'T GET THEIR FOOT
IN ANYBODY'S DOOR.
252
00:35:25,491 --> 00:35:28,527
THE PROBLEMS THAT JENNIE
DEALS WITH IN HER CLINIC
253
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,697
ARE ABOUT ACCESS AND EQUALITY.
254
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:34,700
THE SOLUTIONS
SEEM TO BE CLEAR-CUT.
255
00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:38,570
BUT SOMETIMES
WOMEN FACE PROBLEMS
256
00:35:38,604 --> 00:35:40,539
THAT AREN'T SO STRAIGHTFORWARD.
257
00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:08,834
ONE OF THOSE
HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
258
00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:11,770
WAS THE BIRTH OF EACH
OF THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW.
259
00:36:11,803 --> 00:36:14,906
IT'S JUST THAT THE HORRIBLE
TRAGEDY OF SUSAN'S DEATH
260
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:17,509
ALSO HAS MADE IT
THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE.
261
00:36:17,543 --> 00:36:21,213
SUSAN WAS A VERY COMPLEX WOMAN.
262
00:36:21,247 --> 00:36:24,450
SO, SHE HAD THIS INTELLECT,
263
00:36:24,483 --> 00:36:26,452
THIS DISCURSIVE APPROACH
TOWARDS LIFE,
264
00:36:26,485 --> 00:36:28,520
JUST TALKING, YOU KNOW,
AND SO, I LOVED THAT.
265
00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:30,422
SHE HAD ALWAYS SAID
THAT SHE'D NEVER MET ANYBODY
266
00:36:30,456 --> 00:36:32,591
WHO COULD ACTUALLY TALK
MORE THAN SHE COULD,
267
00:36:32,624 --> 00:36:34,760
AND SO, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER
REASON WHY WE HIT IT OFF.
268
00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:36,262
WE SPENT ALL OUR TIME TALKING.
269
00:36:36,295 --> 00:36:38,264
SHE WAS JUST
ALWAYS VERY PASSIONATE,
270
00:36:38,297 --> 00:36:39,465
AND THAT WAS THE REAL APPEAL.
271
00:36:39,498 --> 00:36:42,601
EVERYTHING SHE DID WAS DONE
WITH PASSION AND INTENSITY.
272
00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:47,306
SHE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE
IN HER BODY
273
00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:48,574
AS A PREGNANT WOMAN.
274
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:50,976
IT WASN'T A WALK IN THE PARK
FOR HER AT ALL.
275
00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:52,911
IT'S HARD ON THE BODY,
AND SHE FELT
276
00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:55,814
ALL OF THE STEREOTYPICAL
EXPERIENCES
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00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:59,351
OF PREGNANCY.
278
00:36:59,385 --> 00:37:01,287
BUT SHE ENJOYED IT, YOU KNOW.
279
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:02,988
IT WAS A VERY CONSCIOUS CHOICE
280
00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:05,624
TO GO AHEAD
AND HAVE MORE CHILDREN,
281
00:37:05,657 --> 00:37:08,026
SO SHE'D LIKED
THE PROCESS OF PREGNANCY.
282
00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:11,797
SHE WASN'T AFRAID OF BIRTH,
YOU KNOW.
283
00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:14,266
SHE KNEW SHE WANTED
NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
284
00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:16,368
AND HAD DONE THAT
FOR HER CHILDREN,
285
00:37:16,402 --> 00:37:18,770
AND, YOU KNOW, KNEW,
YES, LABOR IS DIFFICULT,
286
00:37:18,804 --> 00:37:23,975
BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY SURVIVABLE
EXPERIENCE, IF YOU WILL.
287
00:37:24,009 --> 00:37:26,912
HE WAS ALREADY OVERDUE,
288
00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:30,649
AND WE KNEW MEDICALLY
THE SAFEST THING TO DO,
289
00:37:30,682 --> 00:37:32,851
IF YOU'RE OUT TWO WEEKS,
IS YOU SHOULD INDUCE.
290
00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:34,486
AT THAT POINT, IT BECOMES RISKY.
291
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:39,825
SHE WENT INTO LABOR
AROUND 2:00 A.M.,
292
00:37:39,858 --> 00:37:42,861
AND THE CONTRACTIONS
WERE COMING VERY STRONG,
293
00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:45,864
AND IT JUST HAPPENED
THAT SHE'S UP ON THE BED,
294
00:37:45,897 --> 00:37:49,401
AND THEN WITHIN 15 OR SO
MINUTES, CHARLES IS OUT.
295
00:37:55,841 --> 00:38:01,813
I JUST SAW THE BLOOD FROM
BETWEEN HER LEGS ON THE SHEETS.
296
00:38:01,847 --> 00:38:06,585
AND ALL I COULD DO
WAS GO AROUND BEHIND HER
297
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:11,323
AND SAY, "I'M HERE."
298
00:38:11,357 --> 00:38:13,925
THEY TOLD ME
AS EARLY AS 7:00 IN THE MORNING,
299
00:38:13,959 --> 00:38:18,964
WHEN I WAS OUTSIDE THE I.C.U.
IN A WAITING ROOM...
300
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,502
...AND ONE OF THE DOCTORS
CAME IN,
301
00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:28,540
AND I SAID,
"WELL, WHAT'S THE DIAGNOSIS?
302
00:38:28,574 --> 00:38:31,543
WHAT'S THE PROGNOSIS?"
303
00:38:31,577 --> 00:38:36,615
AND THE DOCTOR SAID, "YOU SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST."
304
00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:39,851
I SAID, "WELL...
305
00:38:39,885 --> 00:38:41,887
COULD SHE HAVE A COMA?"
306
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,622
SHE GOES, "YES."
307
00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:46,392
"COULD SHE HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE?"
"YES."
308
00:38:46,425 --> 00:38:49,528
AND I SAID,
"WELL, COULD SHE DIE?"
309
00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:52,798
AND THEY SAID, "YOU NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR THE WORST."
310
00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:58,704
SHE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY,
311
00:38:58,737 --> 00:39:01,740
AS SHE BLED TO DEATH.
312
00:39:05,511 --> 00:39:08,547
I'VE HAD GRIEF
IN MY LIFE BEFORE.
313
00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:11,483
THIS, THOUGH,
WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
314
00:39:13,419 --> 00:39:16,054
IT WAS DESPAIR.
315
00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:19,157
IT WAS JUST...
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00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,660
BLACKNESS.
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00:39:32,571 --> 00:39:35,407
SUSAN DIED
OF AN AMNIOTIC-FLUID EMBOLISM.
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00:39:39,545 --> 00:39:42,047
INVESTIGATING FURTHER,
319
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:46,452
I COULD FIND ONLY ONE DOCTOR WHO
SPECIALIZES IN THIS CONDITION,
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00:39:46,485 --> 00:39:50,922
AND HIS LIMITED FUNDING
IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT.
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00:39:56,628 --> 00:39:59,130
WHETHER HERE OR ABROAD,
322
00:39:59,164 --> 00:40:01,733
HOW CAN WE
PREVENT WOMEN FROM DYING
323
00:40:01,767 --> 00:40:04,836
WHEN NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH
IS BEING DONE?
324
00:40:11,510 --> 00:40:13,945
WHAT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN US
325
00:40:13,979 --> 00:40:16,582
IS THAT ONE MAIN CAUSE
OF MATERNAL MORTALITY
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00:40:16,615 --> 00:40:21,052
IS COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE --
UNSAFE ABORTION.
327
00:40:32,631 --> 00:40:37,569
IN GUATEMALA CITY,
- I MEET AN OB/
- GYN.
328
00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:40,739
SHE TREATS WOMEN
WHO OTHERWISE DON'T HAVE ACCESS
329
00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:42,774
TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.
330
00:41:45,671 --> 00:41:48,106
LINDA TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY
331
00:41:48,139 --> 00:41:51,943
TEACHING HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO
DON'T HAVE HER FORMAL TRAINING.
332
00:42:21,339 --> 00:42:23,541
Shhh..
333
00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:25,023
LINDA'S BUSY SCHEDULE
IS HARD ON HER FAMILY,
334
00:45:25,056 --> 00:45:27,392
ESPECIALLY SINCE
SHE'S EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT
335
00:45:27,425 --> 00:45:29,394
WITH HER SECOND CHILD.
336
00:46:55,646 --> 00:46:59,617
IN ADDITION TO FAMILY PLANNING
AND GENERAL OBSTETRICS,
337
00:46:59,650 --> 00:47:02,187
LINDA DOES POST-ABORTION CARE,
338
00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:04,422
WHICH IS CONTROVERSIAL
IN A COUNTRY
339
00:47:04,455 --> 00:47:07,392
THAT HAS SUCH STRICT
ANTI-ABORTION LAWS.
340
00:49:20,325 --> 00:49:22,527
THE STIGMA IS SO GREAT,
341
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,196
WOMEN REFUSE TO ADMIT
THEY'VE HAD AN ABORTION
342
00:49:25,230 --> 00:49:28,533
EVEN WHEN THEY'RE
ON THE VERGE OF DEATH.
343
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,502
UH-HUH.
344
00:53:01,746 --> 00:53:04,449
MY CHILDREN DON'T LIKE
THAT I TRAVEL SO MUCH,
345
00:53:04,482 --> 00:53:06,451
BUT THEY'RE
BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND
346
00:53:06,484 --> 00:53:07,885
WHY I'M SO COMPELLED TO DO IT.
347
00:53:12,457 --> 00:53:16,394
I LIKE TO SHARE WITH THEM THE
STORIES OF THE PEOPLE I'VE MET.
348
00:53:20,565 --> 00:53:21,832
I TELL THEM THAT THERE ARE
349
00:53:21,866 --> 00:53:23,834
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
IN THE WORLD
350
00:53:23,868 --> 00:53:25,703
WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR MOTHERS.
351
00:53:27,472 --> 00:53:31,876
THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES AND TRY TO
IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE.
352
00:53:36,747 --> 00:53:39,784
I HOPE THAT ONE DAY
THEY'LL RECOGNIZE
353
00:53:39,817 --> 00:53:42,920
THEIR OWN CONNECTION
TO THE WORLD
354
00:53:42,953 --> 00:53:46,223
AND FEEL INSPIRED
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
355
00:54:37,007 --> 00:54:38,543
I'M CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS,
356
00:54:38,576 --> 00:54:40,077
THE DIRECTOR
OF "NO WOMAN, NO CRY,"
357
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,079
AND THE FOUNDER OF
"EVERY MOTHER COUNTS."
358
00:54:42,112 --> 00:54:43,948
I'M HERE
WITH FILMMAKER ED BURNS,
359
00:54:43,981 --> 00:54:45,716
WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE
MY HUSBAND.
360
00:54:45,750 --> 00:54:47,051
AND WHO BETTER
TO TALK TO
361
00:54:47,084 --> 00:54:48,819
ABOUT MY PROCESS
OF MAKING THIS FILM
362
00:54:48,853 --> 00:54:51,356
AND ALL
THAT I DISCOVERED
363
00:54:51,389 --> 00:54:53,057
THAN YOU.
364
00:54:53,090 --> 00:54:56,627
YOU'VE SEEN THIS FILM A LOT,
ALMOST AS MANY TIMES AS I HAVE.
365
00:54:56,661 --> 00:54:57,695
IS THERE SOMETHING
366
00:54:57,728 --> 00:55:00,765
THAT IN SEEING IT AGAIN TODAY
STOOD OUT FOR YOU?
367
00:55:00,798 --> 00:55:02,833
I THINK TWO THINGS.
368
00:55:02,867 --> 00:55:05,403
ROBBIE, THE WIDOWER --
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00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:08,673
EVERY TIME I SEE THAT,
IT'S OBVIOUSLY HEARTBREAKING,
370
00:55:08,706 --> 00:55:12,109
AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK
ABOUT OUR OWN EXPERIENCE
371
00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:13,678
AND HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE,
372
00:55:13,711 --> 00:55:17,648
GIVEN THE COMPLICATIONS THAT
YOU HAD IN DELIVERING GRACE.
373
00:55:17,682 --> 00:55:20,050
I THINK ALSO JANET.
374
00:55:20,084 --> 00:55:22,453
THERE'S
A GREAT SHOT OF JANET
375
00:55:22,487 --> 00:55:26,457
WHERE SHE'S JUST LEANING
AGAINST THE BED IN THE CLINIC,
376
00:55:26,491 --> 00:55:29,660
AND SHE'S A WOMAN ALONE.
377
00:55:29,694 --> 00:55:32,997
IT'S SYMBOLIC
OF THE PLIGHT OF THESE WOMEN.
378
00:55:33,030 --> 00:55:35,132
THEY ARE ALONE
IN A LOT OF THESE PLACES,
379
00:55:35,165 --> 00:55:36,133
AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
380
00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,868
EXACTLY.
381
00:55:39,103 --> 00:55:43,040
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ASK ME
THE MOTIVATIONS FOR MY FILMS.
382
00:55:43,073 --> 00:55:47,077
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW
THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD WITH GRACE
383
00:55:47,111 --> 00:55:51,382
WAS A BIG PART OF YOU
DECIDING TO MAKE THIS FILM.
384
00:55:51,416 --> 00:55:54,084
WELL, I THINK
IN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH GRACE,
385
00:55:54,118 --> 00:55:57,054
WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY
EVEN REALIZE IN THE MOMENT
386
00:55:57,087 --> 00:55:58,088
HOW SERIOUS IT WAS,
387
00:55:58,122 --> 00:56:00,425
AND THAT WAS
IN PART BECAUSE
388
00:56:00,458 --> 00:56:02,927
WE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM
WORKING TOGETHER SO WELL,
389
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:04,762
THAT THEY DID
ALL THAT THEY COULD
390
00:56:04,795 --> 00:56:07,164
TO TAKE CARE
OF THE SITUATION
391
00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:10,668
AND ALSO MAKE US FEEL
THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
392
00:56:10,701 --> 00:56:12,670
BUT A FEW MONTHS
AFTER WE HAD HER,
393
00:56:12,703 --> 00:56:14,839
I LEARNED
THAT POST-PARTUM HEMORRHAGE,
394
00:56:14,872 --> 00:56:17,074
WHICH IS
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME,
395
00:56:17,107 --> 00:56:19,644
THAT THAT'S THE LEADING CAUSE
OF MATERNAL DEATH
396
00:56:19,677 --> 00:56:21,446
FOR WOMEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
397
00:56:21,479 --> 00:56:22,847
AND THEN
WHEN I STARTED TO TRAVEL
398
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:24,615
A LITTLE BIT WITH C.A.R.E.,
YOU KNOW,
399
00:56:24,649 --> 00:56:26,851
I WENT TO EL SALVADOR
WITH THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME
400
00:56:26,884 --> 00:56:28,185
WHEN I WAS PREGNANT
WITH FINN,
401
00:56:28,218 --> 00:56:32,523
AND I THINK BECAUSE
I'D HAD THAT COMPLICATION
402
00:56:32,557 --> 00:56:34,659
AND THEN BECAUSE
WE WERE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
403
00:56:34,692 --> 00:56:36,661
VISITING WITH OTHER MOMS
WHO WERE PREGNANT
404
00:56:36,694 --> 00:56:38,095
IN THE SAME STATE
AS I WAS,
405
00:56:38,128 --> 00:56:41,198
I THINK IT REALLY JUST
DROVE HOME THAT, YOU KNOW,
406
00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:43,568
WHAT IF WE'D BEEN HERE,
YOU KNOW?
407
00:56:43,601 --> 00:56:47,204
WHAT IF I HAD THAT COMPLICATION
IN THESE SURROUNDINGS?
408
00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:50,475
THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY.
THERE WERE NO PAVED ROADS.
409
00:56:50,508 --> 00:56:52,176
THERE WAS NO CLEAN WATER.
410
00:56:52,209 --> 00:56:54,545
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S THE POINT
411
00:56:54,579 --> 00:56:57,214
WHERE I STARTED TO LEARN
ABOUT THE GLOBAL STATISTICS,
412
00:56:57,247 --> 00:57:00,217
THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF WOMEN WERE DYING EVERY YEAR
413
00:57:00,250 --> 00:57:02,553
AND THAT 90% OF THOSE DEATHS
WERE PREVENTABLE.
414
00:57:02,587 --> 00:57:05,122
THAT SEEMED LIKE, "SURELY
WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB,
415
00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:07,091
"AND WHY ARE WE
NOT DOING A BETTER JOB
416
00:57:07,124 --> 00:57:09,159
IF SO MANY OF THOSE DEATHS
ARE PREVENTABLE?"
417
00:57:09,193 --> 00:57:13,498
SO, IT SORT OF STARTED THIS
PROCESS, THIS DISCOVERY PROCESS
418
00:57:13,531 --> 00:57:17,067
TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT WERE
OTHER WOMEN EXPERIENCING?
419
00:57:17,101 --> 00:57:20,771
ONE OF THE NEXT PLACES
THAT I VISITED WAS PERU,
420
00:57:20,805 --> 00:57:23,474
AND THAT'S WHERE I HAD
THE IDEA TO MAKE THE FILM.
421
00:57:23,508 --> 00:57:25,009
I WENT TO THIS REGION
CALLED AYACUCHO
422
00:57:25,042 --> 00:57:26,143
IN THE HIGHLANDS OF PERU,
423
00:57:26,176 --> 00:57:28,245
AND THERE THEY SHOWED ME
A SUCCESS STORY.
424
00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:31,849
IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS
IN THIS MOUNTAINOUS REGION
425
00:57:31,882 --> 00:57:33,784
WHERE IT HAD
THE HIGHEST RATES
426
00:57:33,818 --> 00:57:36,153
OF MATERNAL MORTALITY
IN SOUTH AMERICA,
427
00:57:36,186 --> 00:57:39,490
AND THEY REDUCED THE MATERNAL
DEATHS IN HALF IN FIVE YEARS
428
00:57:39,524 --> 00:57:40,725
BY REALLY SIMPLE THINGS
429
00:57:40,758 --> 00:57:43,093
LIKE ALLOWING INDIGENOUS WOMEN
TO GIVE BIRTH,
430
00:57:43,127 --> 00:57:45,496
SPEAKING WITH MIDWIVES
AND DOCTORS AND NURSES
431
00:57:45,530 --> 00:57:47,565
WHO SPOKE THE SAME LANGUAGE
AS THEY DID,
432
00:57:47,598 --> 00:57:49,500
YOU KNOW, BEING
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE.
433
00:57:49,534 --> 00:57:52,703
INDIGENOUS WOMEN
LIKE TO GIVE BIRTH VERTICALLY,
434
00:57:52,737 --> 00:57:55,640
NOT ON A TABLE LIKE
PEOPLE DO IN HOSPITALS.
435
00:57:55,673 --> 00:57:58,876
AND SO, THEY WERE JUST
SMALL, LOW-COST SOLUTIONS
436
00:57:58,909 --> 00:58:00,010
WHICH I SAW IN PRACTICE,
437
00:58:00,044 --> 00:58:02,212
AND I SAW MIDWIVES, NURSES,
DOCTORS WORKING TOGETHER
438
00:58:02,246 --> 00:58:05,182
TO TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE SERVING,
439
00:58:05,215 --> 00:58:07,518
AND THAT
MADE A HUGE IMPACT.
440
00:58:07,552 --> 00:58:10,688
HOW CAN I TAKE WHAT I'VE SEEN
AND EXPERIENCED HERE
441
00:58:10,721 --> 00:58:12,289
BACK TO MY FRIENDS?
442
00:58:12,322 --> 00:58:14,224
AND THERE'S WHERE I THOUGHT,
"A FILM.
443
00:58:14,258 --> 00:58:17,027
A DOCUMENTARY FILM WILL BE
THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT."
444
00:58:17,061 --> 00:58:18,763
WELL, YOU KNOW,
I HAD THE BENEFIT
445
00:58:18,796 --> 00:58:20,264
OF BEING
IN THE EDITING ROOM
446
00:58:20,297 --> 00:58:22,533
WHILE YOU HAD COME BACK
WITH THE FOOTAGE,
447
00:58:22,567 --> 00:58:24,101
AND THERE WERE SO MANY
448
00:58:24,134 --> 00:58:27,538
HEARTBREAKING BUT ALSO
INSPIRING STORIES,
449
00:58:27,572 --> 00:58:29,239
SO I KNOW THERE ARE
A LOT OF GREAT STORIES
450
00:58:29,273 --> 00:58:31,241
THAT WERE SORT OF
LEFT ON THE FLOOR,
451
00:58:31,275 --> 00:58:32,777
AS WE SAY
IN THE EDITING ROOM.
452
00:58:32,810 --> 00:58:35,245
THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART,
ACTUALLY,
453
00:58:35,279 --> 00:58:37,247
BECAUSE WE MET
SO MANY WOMEN.
454
00:58:37,281 --> 00:58:40,585
WE WOULD BE IN EACH COUNTRY
FOR A FEW WEEKS AT A TIME,
455
00:58:40,618 --> 00:58:42,219
AND WE WOULD MEET
SEVERAL MOMS,
456
00:58:42,252 --> 00:58:45,222
MOST OF THEM IN THOSE
FINAL WEEKS OF THEIR PREGNANCY.
457
00:58:45,255 --> 00:58:47,257
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW,
YOU NEVER KNOW
458
00:58:47,291 --> 00:58:50,294
WHAT OUTCOME ANY PREGNANCY
WILL HAVE, LIKE MY OWN.
459
00:58:50,327 --> 00:58:53,297
15% OF ANY PREGNANCY
CAN RESULT IN A COMPLICATION,
460
00:58:53,330 --> 00:58:55,600
AND THERE
ISN'T ALWAYS A WAY
461
00:58:55,633 --> 00:58:57,868
TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT IS
ALONG THE WAY.
462
00:58:57,902 --> 00:59:02,239
IN TANZANIA, WE WERE FOLLOWING
TWO STORIES VERY CLOSELY.
463
00:59:02,272 --> 00:59:04,942
ONE OF THEM WE JUST
TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT,
464
00:59:04,975 --> 00:59:07,277
WHICH WAS LIGHTNESS,
THE TEENAGE WOMAN --
465
00:59:07,311 --> 00:59:08,846
WHO SHOWS UP AT THE END.
466
00:59:08,879 --> 00:59:10,347
WHO SHOWS UP AT THE END.
467
00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:13,117
HER STORY WAS JUST --
IT WAS HARD ON SO MANY LEVELS.
468
00:59:13,150 --> 00:59:17,021
SHE WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO HADN'T
FINISHED HER PRIMARY EDUCATION
469
00:59:17,054 --> 00:59:19,289
AND LEARNED
THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT.
470
00:59:19,323 --> 00:59:21,325
SHE WAS
KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL.
471
00:59:21,358 --> 00:59:24,595
HER BOYFRIEND, THE FATHER
OF THE BABY, RAN AWAY.
472
00:59:24,629 --> 00:59:27,297
HER OWN FATHER
ABANDONED THE FAMILY.
473
00:59:27,331 --> 00:59:29,634
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED
IN HER.
474
00:59:29,667 --> 00:59:32,302
HE BLAMED THE MOTHER FOR
ALLOWING THIS TO HAVE HAPPENED,
475
00:59:32,336 --> 00:59:34,639
AND IT WAS
ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS
476
00:59:34,672 --> 00:59:36,674
WHERE GOING TO THIS PREGNANCY
JUST WAS --
477
00:59:36,707 --> 00:59:40,144
THE BURDEN OF THIS PREGNANCY
WAS JUST SO PALPABLE.
478
00:59:40,177 --> 00:59:42,046
HERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO WASN'T EVEN SEEKING CARE.
479
00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:43,313
SHE WASN'T EVEN
LOOKING FOR THE CLINIC,
480
00:59:43,347 --> 00:59:45,616
BUT HER MOM
FLAGGED OUR CAR DOWN.
481
00:59:45,650 --> 00:59:48,152
HER MOM REALLY SAID TO US,
"I'M FEARFUL."
482
00:59:48,185 --> 00:59:50,320
SHE HAD NO PLANS
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
483
00:59:50,354 --> 00:59:53,323
BECAUSE SHE HAD NO MEANS
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
484
00:59:53,357 --> 00:59:56,794
SO WE GAVE HER A LIFT, AND SHE
DID NEED AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION,
485
00:59:56,827 --> 00:59:58,395
AND THAT WAS
ONE OF THOSE STORIES
486
00:59:58,428 --> 01:00:01,165
THAT, HAD WE NOT BEEN THERE,
HAD WE NOT COME BACK --
487
01:00:01,198 --> 01:00:04,101
I MEAN, REALLY,
THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE
488
01:00:04,134 --> 01:00:06,937
THAT SHE WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY.
489
01:00:06,971 --> 01:00:10,741
AND AT THE VERY LEAST, HER CHILD
WOULD HAVE NOT SURVIVED.
490
01:00:10,775 --> 01:00:12,643
AND YOU JUST CAME BACK
FROM TANZANIA.
491
01:00:12,677 --> 01:00:15,245
HOW DID YOU FIND THINGS THERE?
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?
492
01:00:15,279 --> 01:00:17,648
SEE, WE GET REPORTS
EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS,
493
01:00:17,682 --> 01:00:18,883
BUT I WANTED TO GO BACK
AND SEE THEM.
494
01:00:18,916 --> 01:00:20,084
I WANTED TO SEE
THE CHILDREN.
495
01:00:20,117 --> 01:00:21,185
I WANTED TO SEE
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
496
01:00:21,218 --> 01:00:23,420
AND YOU INVEST IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
WHEN YOU SPEND TIME
497
01:00:23,453 --> 01:00:25,923
SHARING THEIR STORIES,
HEARING THEIR STORIES.
498
01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:27,825
WE'VE BEEN INVITED
INTO THEIR HOMES
499
01:00:27,858 --> 01:00:30,661
AND ONE OF THE MOST SACRED
AND PERSONAL, INTIMATE MOMENTS
500
01:00:30,695 --> 01:00:31,762
AS ONE WILL HAVE.
501
01:00:31,796 --> 01:00:35,432
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
502
01:00:35,465 --> 01:00:37,935
I JUST -- I THINK
ABOUT THEM TOO OFTEN.
503
01:00:37,968 --> 01:00:40,037
AND LAST MONTH,
WE WENT BACK TO GUATEMALA
504
01:00:40,070 --> 01:00:42,306
AND WERE ABLE TO SPEND
SOME TIME WITH LINDA --
505
01:00:42,339 --> 01:00:45,009
LINDA VALENCIA, THE OBSTETRICIAN
THAT WORKED THERE.
506
01:00:45,042 --> 01:00:48,979
WE PICKED IN COUNTRY
IN PART BECAUSE OF HER, AS WELL.
507
01:00:49,013 --> 01:00:52,116
SO I WENT BACK, I GOT TO MEET
DIEGO, HER LITTLE BOY
508
01:00:52,149 --> 01:00:54,719
AND SEE HER DAUGHTER, SOFI,
GROWN UP A LITTLE BIT,
509
01:00:54,752 --> 01:00:55,820
AND ALSO
SEE HER IN ACTION.
510
01:00:55,853 --> 01:00:57,121
SHE'S AN AMAZING
INDIVIDUAL
511
01:00:57,154 --> 01:00:59,356
BECAUSE NOT ONLY
IS SHE A PHYSICIAN
512
01:00:59,389 --> 01:01:01,859
WHO WORKS
IN A CLINIC SETTING
513
01:01:01,892 --> 01:01:04,729
BUT ALSO ON THE ROAD AND
IN THESE SMALL HEALTH CAMPAIGNS,
514
01:01:04,762 --> 01:01:06,330
BUT SHE ALSO LOBBIES,
515
01:01:06,363 --> 01:01:09,466
AND SHE'S A REALLY ACTIVE PART
OF GOVERNMENT AND POLICY CHANGE
516
01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:11,101
AND ADVOCACY
IN HER COUNTRY.
517
01:01:11,135 --> 01:01:12,870
AND THEY'VE
MADE SOME PROGRESS.
518
01:01:12,903 --> 01:01:15,806
NEW LAWS PASSED IN GUATEMALA
THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW --
519
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:18,776
THEY'VE GOTTEN THIS ISSUE
JUST HIGHER ON THE AGENDA,
520
01:01:18,809 --> 01:01:20,911
WHICH IS --
THAT'S A HUGE VICTORY.
521
01:01:20,945 --> 01:01:25,315
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING
THOSE POLICIES IS THE CHALLENGE
522
01:01:25,349 --> 01:01:28,418
AND ONE THAT WE
WANT TO KEEP PUSHING FOR.
523
01:01:28,452 --> 01:01:31,188
HAVING SEEN ALL THIS
AND GONE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
524
01:01:31,221 --> 01:01:32,256
WHAT IS THE MISSING LINK?
525
01:01:32,289 --> 01:01:35,492
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS NEEDED
TO START TO MAKE AN IMPACT?
526
01:01:35,525 --> 01:01:37,394
PREVENTION
IS A HUGE PIECE OF THIS.
527
01:01:37,427 --> 01:01:40,130
YOUNG GIRLS
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
528
01:01:40,164 --> 01:01:43,834
WHO HAVE BEEN MALNOURISHED
THEIR WHOLE DEVELOPING YEARS
529
01:01:43,868 --> 01:01:45,502
AND THEN THEY HAVE A BABY
PREMATURELY --
530
01:01:45,535 --> 01:01:47,905
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY
DELIVER THAT CHILD.
531
01:01:47,938 --> 01:01:49,807
SO, OF COURSE, THE RISK
532
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:53,177
FOR THEIR CHILD
AND FOR THEMSELVES ARE ENORMOUS.
533
01:01:53,210 --> 01:01:56,814
I MEAN, FOR GIRLS
AGES 15 THROUGH 19,
534
01:01:56,847 --> 01:01:59,449
PREGNANCY IS THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE WORLD.
535
01:01:59,483 --> 01:02:00,450
AND SO, PREVENTION,
536
01:02:00,484 --> 01:02:03,253
STOPPING THAT FROM HAPPENING
IN THE FIRST PLACE,
537
01:02:03,287 --> 01:02:05,522
DELAYING
FIRST PREGNANCIES,
538
01:02:05,555 --> 01:02:08,492
SPACING BIRTHS,
IS HUGELY IMPORTANT.
539
01:02:08,525 --> 01:02:12,296
AND YOU HEARD IN THIS FILM THAT
OUR OBSTETRICIAN IN TANZANIA
540
01:02:12,329 --> 01:02:15,432
SAYS THAT HE WAS THE ONLY DOCTOR
FOR 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE
541
01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:18,235
IN THE REGION
THAT HE WAS FIRST TRAINING IN.
542
01:02:18,268 --> 01:02:21,105
I MEAN, THAT'S UNFATHOMABLE
TO MOST AMERICAN WOMEN.
543
01:02:21,138 --> 01:02:23,808
SO, WE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP,
544
01:02:23,841 --> 01:02:25,976
BUT THERE ARE
INCREDIBLE THINGS
545
01:02:26,010 --> 01:02:27,778
THAT WE CAN DO
WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
546
01:02:27,812 --> 01:02:29,213
WITH COMMUNITY-SKILLED
BIRTH ATTENDANTS,
547
01:02:29,246 --> 01:02:31,281
WITH MIDWIVES, WITH NURSES.
548
01:02:31,315 --> 01:02:34,051
THOSE ARE
THE UNSUNG HEROES,
549
01:02:34,084 --> 01:02:35,552
AND THERE ARE
MORE AND MORE EFFORTS
550
01:02:35,585 --> 01:02:38,055
TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW,
REALLY BUILD THAT WORKFORCE.
551
01:02:38,088 --> 01:02:39,790
I REMEMBER
WHEN THE FILM SCREENED
552
01:02:39,824 --> 01:02:41,225
AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL,
553
01:02:41,258 --> 01:02:43,360
THESE TWO WOMEN
CAME UP TO ME IN THE LOBBY,
554
01:02:43,393 --> 01:02:46,230
AND THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE
SITTING NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER.
555
01:02:46,263 --> 01:02:48,098
ONE HAD HAD A BABY,
ONE WAS PREGNANT.
556
01:02:48,132 --> 01:02:50,500
AND DURING ONE OF THE SCENES,
THEY BOTH GOT SO EMOTIONAL
557
01:02:50,534 --> 01:02:52,502
THAT THEY JUST
INSTINCTIVELY REACHED OUT
558
01:02:52,536 --> 01:02:54,338
AND GRABBED
ONE ANOTHER'S HANDS,
559
01:02:54,371 --> 01:02:56,874
AND AFTERWARDS, THEY CAME,
AND THEIR BIG QUESTION WAS,
560
01:02:56,907 --> 01:02:58,943
"WELL, WE WERE SO MOVED
BY THE FILM.
561
01:02:58,976 --> 01:03:02,246
SO, WHAT CAN WE DO
TO HELP THESE WOMEN OUT THERE?"
562
01:03:02,279 --> 01:03:05,816
WELL, I'VE STARTED THE CAMPAIGN
CALLED "EVERY MOTHER COUNTS,"
563
01:03:05,850 --> 01:03:08,853
AND WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT HAS
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE.
564
01:03:08,886 --> 01:03:10,988
WE HAVE PARTNERS
ALL OVER THE WORLD
565
01:03:11,021 --> 01:03:13,858
THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
IN RESEARCHING FOR THE FILM,
566
01:03:13,891 --> 01:03:15,592
AND THEY'RE DOING PROGRAMMATIC
STUFF ON THE GROUND
567
01:03:15,625 --> 01:03:18,462
THAT, I THINK, PEOPLE CAN
PARTICIPATE IN ON SOME LEVEL.
568
01:03:18,495 --> 01:03:20,831
BUT I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH
THAT CAN BE DONE
569
01:03:20,865 --> 01:03:24,201
WITH ENGAGING
JUST EVERYDAY FAMILIES AND MOMS
570
01:03:24,234 --> 01:03:25,435
WITH THIS ISSUE.
571
01:03:25,469 --> 01:03:29,173
SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS REALLY
KEEPING THIS ON THE AGENDA,
572
01:03:29,206 --> 01:03:32,209
KEEPING THE WORLD
PUSHING FOR THIS,
573
01:03:32,242 --> 01:03:33,210
AND MAKING SURE
574
01:03:33,243 --> 01:03:35,946
THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES
AND WHEN WE CAN DO MORE
575
01:03:35,980 --> 01:03:37,882
THAT WE'RE PRIMED
TO DO SO.
576
01:03:37,915 --> 01:03:40,184
I'M TRYING TO CREATE TOOLS,
ADVOCACY TOOLS,
577
01:03:40,217 --> 01:03:41,986
THINGS THAT WILL
MAKE IT EASY
578
01:03:42,019 --> 01:03:44,288
FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE
AND DO THEIR PART.
579
01:03:44,321 --> 01:03:46,590
THE EASIEST THING WE CAN DO
IS SHARE THE STORIES,
580
01:03:46,623 --> 01:03:49,626
TELL PEOPLE TO SEE THIS FILM,
HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS.
581
01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:51,929
THEN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A VOICE,
USE THAT VOICE.
582
01:03:51,962 --> 01:03:53,530
TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
583
01:03:53,563 --> 01:03:55,565
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
584
01:03:55,599 --> 01:03:56,600
IT NEEDS TO BE
A PRIORITY FOR US
585
01:03:56,633 --> 01:03:59,269
BECAUSE POLICY THAT WE CREATE
HERE IN THE U.S.
586
01:03:59,303 --> 01:04:00,938
AFFECTS
THE WHOLE WORLD'S POLICY,
587
01:04:00,971 --> 01:04:02,539
AND THIS IS SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW,
588
01:04:02,572 --> 01:04:06,243
THE MOTHERS OF THE WORLD --
THEY NEED OUR HELP.
589
01:04:06,276 --> 01:04:07,644
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN
SOMETIMES.
590
01:04:07,677 --> 01:04:09,046
THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY,
591
01:04:09,079 --> 01:04:11,281
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
EVERY YEAR.
592
01:04:11,315 --> 01:04:15,285
ONE WOMAN IS TOO MANY WOMEN
IF IT'S A PREVENTABLE DEATH,
593
01:04:15,319 --> 01:04:19,123
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE WOMEN
IS A MOTHER, SHE'S A SISTER,
594
01:04:19,156 --> 01:04:22,526
SHE'S A COUSIN,
SHE'S A FRIEND, SHE'S A WIFE.
595
01:04:22,559 --> 01:04:25,562
AND I THINK WHEN WE EACH
THINK ABOUT IT IN THAT WAY
596
01:04:25,595 --> 01:04:27,597
AND IMAGINE SOMEBODY
IN OUR OWN LIVES
597
01:04:27,631 --> 01:04:30,935
AND IF THEY WEREN'T THERE
AND IF THEY WERE LOST TO THIS,
598
01:04:30,968 --> 01:04:35,339
WHAT A SHAME THAT WOULD BE
AND WHAT A TRAGEDY THAT IS.
599
01:04:35,372 --> 01:04:38,408
YOU KNOW, IT'S --
EVERY MOTHER COUNTS.
600
01:04:38,442 --> 01:04:40,110
EVERY MOTHER.
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