00:02Childbirth, creation, new beginnings.
00:06When it goes right, it's a miracle.
00:08But today in America, we're in a state of chaos.
00:11It can suddenly, please save my wife's life,
00:14go tragically wrong.
00:15I don't want to die.
00:17I just can't hold another dead baby.
00:21My name is Christy Turlington Burns.
00:23I'm a maternal health advocate.
00:25But before that, I was a fashion model.
00:29My next chapter would be my most important yet.
00:31I got pregnant.
00:33My labor was going according to our birth plan.
00:35But in an instant, everything changed.
00:38I hemorrhaged and lost a lot of blood.
00:41If I hadn't had the medical team we had carefully chosen,
00:45I could have died.
00:46But not every expectant mother has the care options that I had.
00:50Why is it that in one of the wealthiest nations on Earth,
00:53so many women are at risk of dying in childbirth?
00:55The US has the worst maternal mortality rate
00:59of developed countries.
01:00It has become epidemic that hospitals are shutting down,
01:04especially in rural America.
01:06I looked at Brooks Heart Monitor, and it is flatlining.
01:10What went wrong?
01:11How did this happen?
01:13Very few people even seem to care how hard it is
01:17for these moms with no options.
01:19What happens if you have a complicated pregnancy
01:21that won't survive?
01:22They basically said, we can't help you in St. Wisconsin.
01:25We had to go to Minnesota to get the care I needed.
01:27I don't think the government should have any say
01:29in our pregnancy.
01:32Well, now she's running for state office.
01:35This is the change that our community needs.
01:38It doesn't just affect women and families.
01:40It affects everybody.
01:42Welcome to Choices.
01:45This is a family experience.
01:48This pain is good.
01:49This pain is good.
01:50This pain is good.
01:51It's bigger than just us.
01:52It's bigger than you.
01:53It's a maternal health issue.
01:55It's not a political issue.
01:57The people united!
01:59They're on death's door before anybody can help them.
02:03And that's not where we should be.
02:05Not in the greatest country in the world.
02:07Here she comes!
02:10Good job!
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