US EditionTexas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban: Washington Post
- The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee will not examine cases from the past two years when Texas's anti-abortion law took effect.
- This decision leaves potential deaths related to abortion bans uninvestigated, raising concerns among board members.
- Reports have indicated that many women with high-risk pregnancies were denied care due to the new abortion laws after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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American investigative group ProPublica this week described the fifth case in which a woman died after not receiving the necessary abortion care in a state with a ban on abortion. Three of those deaths occurred in Texas, where providing an abortion is punishable by up to 99 years in prison. The findings suggest local health professionals are reluctant to provide standard care to women whose pregnancies have failed because of the law, opting inst…
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‘Pro-Life’ Texas Turns Its Back On Maternal Deaths Since Abortion Ban
Any legit pro-life medical review committee would be clamoring to review the skyrocketing rate of maternal and infant deaths in Texas since its abortion ban. That is, unless the forced-birth crowd doesn’t want Texans to know that the “pro-life” law is killing women and babies. The Washington Post: 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’…
Texas health committee won't review maternal deaths in 2022, 2023 - Washington Examiner
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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