Texas won't investigate maternal mortalities for the years immediately following its abortion ban
Maternal health advocates had expected that the abortion bans would increase maternal deaths, as more women would carry pregnancies to term.
Opinion
Texas needs a study on how abortion ban has affected pregnancy care
How many Texas women have died or nearly died in the course of a miscarriage in recent years, and did they receive the standard of care for their
Opinion
Texas helps to thwart abortion ban lies
Pro-abortion groups did not make their case compelling enough to voters. Now, even more than before, all ire is directed at various abortion bans and the deaths, which abortion advocates ascribe to them.
Texas Maternal Mortality Committee Won’t Investigate Deaths in 2022–23
In a letter sent to the committee, Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DSHS) Commissioner Dr. Jennifer Shuford voiced support for the decision to skip cases from 2022 and 2023. She added that state Maternal and Child Health epidemiologists track mortality rates and will publicize data from 2022 and 2023 as it becomes available.
Opinion
Abortion bans are killing women — and states like Texas want to hide the truth
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision two and a half years ago, state abortion bans have restricted pregnant women’s access to emergency medical care. And as the predictable harms — up to and including death — come to light, some states are acting as if they want to hide them from the public.
Doctors say Texas abortion ban is causing preventable deaths
According to new reporting from ProPublica, Texas' strict abortion ban is leading to preventable deaths. ProPublica reporter Lizzie Presser joins "America Decides" to unpack her findings.
'It could have been prevented' | Third Texas woman dies after being denied abortion-related care
The death of 35-year-old Porsha Ngumezi was preventable, according to more than a dozen doctors who reviewed a summary of her case for ProPublica.
3rd Texas Woman to Die from Abortion Ban
Porsha Ngumezi, a 35-year-old Houston mother, tragically died after being denied a D&C to complete a miscarriage, raising serious concerns about the impact of abortion bans on medical care. Doctors reviewing her case called her death preventable and pointed to the risks of delaying standard procedures.
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Yelp urges Ninth Circuit to revive suit against Texas AG over crisis pregnancy center labeling
(CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in Yelp's challenge to the dismissal of its First ...
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A third woman has died under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors reach for riskier miscarriage treatments
Porsha Ngumezi bled to death as she was miscarrying after her doctor opted against an emergency procedure used to end ...
Yelp urges appeals court to end Texas lawsuit over crisis pregnancy center reviews
Yelp on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to block a lawsuit by Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accusing ...
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'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll
Some Republican-led states that passed near-total abortion bans have mysteriously stopped collecting statistics on maternal ...
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Texas’ Biggest Anti-Abortion Organization Is Recruiting Men to Sue Female Partners Over Abortions
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
Many crisis pregnancy centers advertise unproven ‘abortion pill reversal,’ study finds
A new research study found that the vast majority of crisis pregnancy centers offer social and family support services. But ...
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New Texas Bill Would Classify Abortion Pills as Schedule IV Drugs
A Texas legislator has moved to designate abortion-inducing pills as controlled substances, potentially endangering women ...
"Somebody needs to get fired": Vicente Gonzalez blasts Dem strategy on abortion, trans issues
After Democrats underperformed nationally and in Texas, the McAllen Democrat had some sharp commentary for his party.