NBC News Video: Pregnant in Pakistan

[This article posted on September 5, 2009. It is posted within the following categories: Knowledge & Medicine, via Michael Douglas, MD, MBA.]

A pregnant Pakistani mother who has just given birth via Caesarian section fights for her life as her child loses his, the product of a completely avoidable obstetrical outcome and a case study in the lack of reproductive rights for women in this culture.

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