WHAT DO MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS SAY ABOUT PREGNANT WOMEN AND SEATBELTS?

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  • “Conclusions: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of fetal deaths related to maternal trauma. Improved tracking of traumatic fetal injury deaths is important to stimulate and guide research and efforts to reduce the risks to women and fetuses from injury during pregnancy.” — Journal of the American Medical Association
  • “Automobile crashes are the largest single cause of death for pregnant women and the leading cause of traumatic fetal injury mortality in the United States.” — U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • “Pregnant women who are hospitalized following motor vehicle crashes are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, even if they are not seriously injured or not injured at all.” — Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC).

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