TO ALL ASIAN-AMERICAN FEMINISTS: PLEASE AGGRESSIVELY SCREEN ALL OB-GYN'S TO REDUCE THE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES IN WOMEN OVER AGE 34:

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ME IN THE MIDDLE OF CHILDBIRTH, ON THE U.S. MILITARY WATCHFLOOR:

I CAN'T BE KILLED BY ANYTHING. I HAVE TO SURVIVE, TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS. DESPITE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS SINCE BIRTH, I HAVE SURVIVED ALL TRAGEDIES. DURING CHILDBIRTH, I CAN'T DULL MY PAIN, WITH AN EPIDURAL, IN THE EVENT OF ANY EMERGENCY. AN EPIDURAL MEANS A 90% CHANCE OF A BOTCHED CAESARIAN SECTION, AND A BABY WITH SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE.