Not supposed to be a problem any more. It's not supposed to happen today. But it does.
Women still die in childbirth.
Worldwide more than 585,000 women die of pregnancy-related complications. Most of these deaths could be prevented with better access to health care, proper nutrition and greater economic and social support of women in their reproductive years, according to researchers at the World Health Organization. These risks are present in every society and in every setting. But there is a huge maternal mortality gap across the globe. The vast majority of these deaths occur outside the United States and Europe.