It goes without saying that Father’s Day is a time to celebrate the important role that a father plays in his children’s lives. As a father (and, recently, a grandfather), this role has been the most rewarding experience of my life. But for me as a physician from India, this day is also a reminder that becoming a father comes with another, often forgotten role: safeguarding the health of the new mother. During my medical training in India, I bore witness to one of a doctor’s worst nightmares: the death of a woman during childbirth. In India, this tragedy still happens by the thousands every year, but fortunately the country is making impressive progress and the number of maternal deaths is declining rapidly. Sadly and surprisingly, the trend is moving in the opposite direction in the U.S.

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