PODCAST: Labour pains

Capital News Online reporter Carly PenderThe Canadian government recently pledged to lower maternal mortality rates in developing countries. Impoverished women in these countries face challenges, such as accessing medical care, that lead to difficult or fatal pregnancies.

Capital News Online used the government’s announcement as a starting point for a conversation on Canadian maternal health issues. In Canada, many women are facing barriers to being healthy mothers. Poverty is only one of them.

A mom with her baby at St. Mary's Home in OttawaReporter Carly Pender explores the topic further by speaking with Dr. André Lalonde, executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, and Cathryn Fortier of St. Mary’s Home, an Ottawa support centre for young pregnant women and their families.