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“P.S.” on Maternal Health and Abortion  In mentioning
organizations working on maternal health, there are others that
also deserve a shout-out. Family Care International is pushing
the issue heroically. As UNFPA increasingly brands itself as a
maternal health agency, Americans for UNFPA and 34 Million
Friends of UNFPA are pushing the issue with verve and
effectiveness. Population Services International and Marie
Stopes International also both do great work in reproductive
health generally.  But one of the striking things about maternal
health is how it is connected to everything else. Microcredit
groups like Kashf in Pakistan aren’t ostensibly health NGO’s,
but they offer health insurance that means women go to hospitals
when they’re in obstructed labor. Grameen and BRAC and others
are working to get more female ownership of assets, as is SEWA
in India, and there’s pretty good evidence that when a woman
owns property her life counts for a bit mo