Quotes of the Day

Tuesday, May. 26, 2009

Open quoteYou can never get used to maternal deaths. One minute she's talking with her husband, then she is bleeding and then she is gone. Close quote

  • DR. SIRIEL NANZIA MASSAWE,
  • an obstetrician in Tanzania, where more than 13,000 women die in childbirth each year
Photo: Beatrice de Gea / The New York Times / Redux | Source: NEW YORK TIMES