The other 70%
Hi t0mmyt,
You're partly right, but only partly. As you can see, contraception will only reduce maternal mortality by about 30%. So, perhaps the other 70% of maternal mortality is due to modern medical care. But as laid out above, contraception can prevent the pregnancies in very young girls that often result in the deaths of their undeveloped bodies, the unwanted pregnancies that cause the mother's to seek unsafe abortions and the pregnancies that are too closely spaced. It's not the solution for the other 70%, but it seems the Gates Foundation has decided that we should try to solve the 30% we can prevent.
Laura
