People Are Twice as Likely to Die During Pregnancy in States With Abortion Bans

People Are Twice as Likely to Die During Pregnancy in States With Abortion Bans

A report finds the risk is greatest for Black women, who disproportionately live in states that have banned abortion.

Risk of Maternal Mortality Is Twice as High in Abortion-Banned States, New Study Says

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, pretty much every awful thing we all predicted would happen has happened, or is starting to happen, and maternal mortality is sadly no exception. On Wednesday, the Gender Equity Policy Institute published a new report analyzing the CDC’s maternal mortality data from 2019 through 2023, which is the most recent full-year data set available. Per the report, mothers living in states that banned…