The Best and Worst Places to be a Mother

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The quality of children's lives depends on the health, security and
well-being of their mothers.
In short, providing mothers with access to education, economic
opportunities and maternal and child health care, including family
planning, gives mothers and their children the best chance to survive
and thrive.

TIER I: More Developed Countries

Sweden 1 1 4
Iceland 2 2 2
Norway 3 5 12
New Zealand 4 3 19
Australia 5 4 28
Denmark 6 7 18
Finland 7 6 22
Belgium 8 9 8
Spain 9 10 11
Germany 10 13 3
Netherlands 11 8 21
United Kingdom 12 11 22
France 13 15 10
Switzerland 14 17 13
Canada 15 12 25
Slovenia 16 15 16
Austria 17 25 9
Estonia 17 19 14
Italy 19 27 1
Lithuania 20 14 29
Portugal 21 22 17
Ireland 22 18 26
Greece 23 23 20
Czech Republic 24 31 7
Latvia 25 20 33
United States 26 21 30
Hungary 26 24 26
Slovakia 28 28 24
Japan 29 33 5
Belarus 30 29 32
Malta 31 35 5
Poland 32 30 31
Luxembourg 33 33 15
Croatia 34 26 35
Bulgaria 35 32 34
Russian Federation 36 37 37
Ukraine 37 40 36
Romania 38 36 38
Moldova, Republic of 39 38 39
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Rep. of 40 39 40
Albania 41 41 41

http://www.savethechildren.org/jump.jsp?path=/publications/mothers/2007/Mothers-Index-2007.pdf

Destacar como Estados Unidos queda muy por debajo de España (y a la
par de paises en vías supuestamente menos "avanzados") en algo tan
elemental como es la Atención a Niños.
Algo que tendría que hacer que a ciertos de sus ciudadanos se les
cayera la cara de verguenza, si supieran lo que es eso.