Why are more women dying from childbirth in the U.S. than in Saudi Arabia or the UK?

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This is uncomfortable news.

The United States is the only advanced economy in the world with an increasing number of women who die in childbirth. In fact, a woman giving birth in the U.S. is twice as likely to die than in Saudi Arabia and three times as likely than in the United Kingdom. Danielle Paquette, a reporter for The Washington Post, joins Alison Stewart to discuss the startling health crisis.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/women-dying-childbirth-u-s-saudi-arabia/