Question

A 2024 study lead-authored by K.S. Joseph found that overreliance on a specific “checkbox” introduced in 2003 led to massive overestimates of this phenomenon in the U.S. (-5[1])The IMPROVE Initiative within NIH was founded to address this problem. In a 2022 campaign speech, Stacey Abrams said that Georgia having the highest rate of this problem made it (10[2])“the worst state in the country to live.” (-5[1])A Texas (10[1])committee tasked with reviewing (-5[1])this issue declined (10[1])to look at any data from 2022 or 2023. In (-5[1])November 2024, all members of a similar committee in Georgia were dismissed (-5[1])after some spoke to the press (10[1])about (-5[1])Amber Thurman and Candi (10[1])Miller, (10[2]-5[2])who each suffered this issue after a new law made (-5[2])dilation (10[1])and curettage (-5[1])harder to obtain. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])programs that train Black doulas (“DOO-luhz”) aim to reduce racial (10[1])disparities in rates of what tragic medical (-5[1])outcome? (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: maternal mortality [or maternal morbidity; or obstetrical deaths; accept any answer indicating death during pregnancy or death due to complications from childbirth; or death of a new or expecting mother; or death from an attempted medication abortion; or death from lack of access to abortion care; prompt on death; prompt on women’s health care or reproductive health care; prompt on reproductive rights; prompt on pregnancy or being pregnant; prompt on sepsis; prompt on septic shock; prompt on abortion by asking “what related phenomenon?”] (The “pregnancy checkbox” was added to U.S. death certificates in 2003.)
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2479%0%54%115.74

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael DuWaterloo AIndiana26-5
Ryan RosenbergNYULSE5610
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BPenn State5610
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternToronto A64-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaOhio State6610
Vikshar AthreyaRutgersStanford70-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AIllinois A7310
Alan WuVanderbiltRIT83-5
Isaac MammelMarylandIllinois B95-5
June YinWUSTL BWaterloo B10110
Shardul RaoMinnesotaTexas102-5
Claire JonesChicago AUC Berkeley A10610
Charles HangWUSTL AColumbia A10710
Bryan UgazArizona StateGeorgia State107-5
Noah ChinVirginia TechGeorgia Tech107-5
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto CHarvard10710
Leo LawFloridaOttawa117-5
Raymond ChenToronto BIowa State117-5
David BassJohns HopkinsChicago B11810
Yared TadesseCornell BWinona State120-5
Olin BoseColumbia BMichigan12310
John ChenBritish ColumbiaYale126-5
Thomas TibbettsUCFNorth Carolina B13510
Nathan ZhangCornell AMIT142-5
Cade ReinbergerRITVanderbilt1430
Karan GurazadaTexasMinnesota14310
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateArizona State1440
Rohan DalalGeorgia TechVirginia Tech1440
Jakob MyersIndianaWaterloo A1440
Anurag SodhiMITCornell A14410
Yash MandaviaIllinois BMaryland1440
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaFlorida14410
Tim MorrisonStanfordRutgers14410
Benjamin ChapmanToronto ANorthwestern14410
Conor ThompsonIowa StateToronto B14410
Henry BonWinona StateCornell B14410
Jem BurchYaleBritish Columbia14410