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Opinion: Mothers, nations and security — what the U.S. risks by leaving WHO

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Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term as U.S. president.

Ruben Navarrette says withdrawing from WHO will have disastrous and inhumane consequences for matters of national and international security.

The maternal mortality rate of a country serves as an essential indicator of a nation’s development and security because, as Valerie Hudson has explained, “What you do to your women, you do.