“The Texas committee that examines all pregnancy-related deaths in the state will not review cases from 2022 and 2023, the first two years after Texas’s near-total abortion ban took effect, leaving any potential deaths related to abortion bans during those years uninvestigated by the 23 doctors, medical professionals and other specialists who make up the group,” the Washington Post reports.



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Texas Won’t Examine Maternal Deaths After Abortion Ban

The Texas committee that examines all pregnancy-related deaths in the state will not review cases from 2022 and 2023, the first two years after Texas’s near-total abortion ban took effect, leaving any potential deaths related to abortion bans during those years uninvestigated by the 23 doctors, medical professionals and other specialists who make up the group.

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Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban

The head of a NSW health service says he believes a policy that was "silent on things" relating to abortion services led to a ban at Orange Hospital.

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Hospital chief blames abortion ban on staff and 'ambiguous' policy

A Texas health committee that reviews all maternal deaths will not examine cases in 2022 and 2023 — the years directly following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee made the decision during a September meeting, claiming that it would allow the board to review more recent cases of maternal deaths in a timely matter. Many state committees analyzing the death of pregnant mothers, however, oper…

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Texas health committee won't review maternal deaths in 2022, 2023 - Washington Examiner

The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee revealed this week that it will not be reviewing any cases that occurred over the last two years — which just happen to be the years when Texas's strict anti-abortion law went into effect.The Washington Post reports that the move by the committee is "leaving any potential deaths related to abortion bans during those years uninvestigated."The board's decision has led to some internal dis…

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'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths

The rate and number of abortions among U.S. women took a slight dip in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Report shows that US abortion numbers dipped slightly in 2022

“The Texas committee that examines all pregnancy-related deaths in the state will not review cases from 2022 and 2023, the first two years after Texas’s near-total abortion ban took effect, leaving any potential deaths related to abortion bans during those years uninvestigated by the 23 doctors, medical professionals and other specialists who make up the group,” the Washington Post reports.

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An anti-abortion organization in Texas (United States) recently announced that it was looking for men ready to sue people who helped their partner or ex-partner to have an abortion

Une organisation anti-avortement du Texas (États-Unis) a récemment annoncé être à la recherche d'hommes prêts à poursuivre en justice les personnes qui ont aidé leur compagne ou ex-compagne à avorter

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Texan men encouraged to pursue their partners after an abortion

An old puzzler asks: If a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, did it make a sound? In the post-Dobbs era, the question becomes: If a woman is refused a medically necessary abortion and dies because of it, and the state declines to record it...

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If a Woman Dies from Pregnancy and Texas Refuses to Investigate, Did She Really Die?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In its next meeting on Dec. 6, the Texas Maternal Mortality Committee will begin reviewing death cases from 2024 and will skip over two years of full death reviews. The committee's chair Dr. Carla Ortique made the announcement during a public meeting on Sept. 27. This means maternal mortality rates won't be fully examined from the time period directly after federal abortion laws were overturned in June 2022. "This is not the firs…

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Texas maternal mortality committee to skip over full reviews in years after abortion ban

A Texas committee made to review pregnancy-related deaths in the state won’t look at cases from 2022 and 2023

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Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report

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Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban: Washington Post

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