Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It's Worse in Abortion-Ban States.
ProPublica found nearly 200 ectopic pregnancy deaths from 2020 to 2025, with the increase steeper in states that banned abortion after Roe v. Wade.
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Deaths From Ectopic Pregnancy Are On The Rise & It’s More Common In States With Abortion Bans
A new analysis revealed nearly 200 women died nationwide as a result of an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025, compared with 100 in the previous six years.
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Soared Under ‘Pro-Life’ Trump Admin
Kudos to ProPublica for doing the research the “pro-life” Trump administration has deliberately sabotaged. According to ProPublica’s research, the spike in ectopic pregnancy deaths began during the Covid pandemic but kept climbing while other pregnancy-related deaths subsided. The death rate was nearly double for women in states with abortion bans. “With prompt and appropriate medical care, maternal health experts say, women should not die,” Pro…
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It's Worse in Abortion-Ban States.
(MedPage Today) -- This story was originally published by ProPublica. The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in CDC data have drawn little scrutiny or...
More ectopic pregnancy deaths in abortion ban states like Texas
After Texas banned nearly all abortions, patients have struggled to get ectopic care. More than 300 patients here experienced substantial blood loss in 2023 and 2024, compared to 2018 and 2019.
The number of women who have died after ectopic pregnancy has risen sharply in recent years, according to a ProPublica analysis.
Report: Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Doubled
The Quick & DirtyTexas Delays Maternal Mortality Report Until After Midterms: the analysis was expected September 1, but now the state (conveniently) says it won’t be complete until December Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Doubled: ProPublica has a chilling—though unsurprising—new reportBallot Measure Updates: Missouri’s campaign to stop the ban on the November ballot has put out new ads & Idaho’s Supreme Court approved ballot language for Prop 1“…
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