Latina Lista: Latinas Are the Second-Highest Group to Die From Pregnancy-Related Complications

Posted on: January 3rd, 2006
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“Last year, Latinas had the highest fertility rates of all women in the nation. In fact, our fertility rates were 40 percent higher than for non-Hispanic black women and Asian women and more than 60 percent higher than those for women in all other racial and ethnic groups.

What that means, besides the Latino population growing, is that there were a lot of women being told to push while in labor….”

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