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Summary

Republican-led states with near-total abortion bans are delaying or halting maternal mortality reviews, raising concerns about efforts to conceal rising deaths.

Texas, where maternal deaths rose 56% from 2019 to 2022, refused to review 2022-2023 cases, citing a backlog.

Investigations found multiple preventable deaths tied to abortion bans, such as Porsha Ngumenzi, who died after being denied miscarriage care.

Georgia fired its entire Maternal Mortality Review Committee after leaks about preventable deaths.

Critics argue these actions aim to suppress evidence linking abortion bans to maternal fatalities, delaying accountability for years.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I hear CEO bodies are piling up.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, they can get away with this just because the anti-choice stance is so ravenous they have a self-righteous-sized blind spot for preventable suffering of others.

Sadly, this won’t be covered broadly enough or penetrate the bubbles it needs to for opinion to change. Even in 2024 only 9% of voters listed abortion as their most important issue. Where 48% listed inflation, “the economy”, or immigration as their most important issue. Draw from that what you will, but I don’t think the average voter understands the … externalities of strong anti-abortion measures.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

if there isn't already a mutual aid network then start one. Women need to leave states where they have less rights than a dog while they still have the right to leave.

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[–] [email protected] 267 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Texas ... refused to review 2022-2023 cases, citing a backlog.

"There's too many cases of maternal death, so we're just going to stop looking at them."

Good job, Texas.

[–] [email protected] 140 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It worked for Florida with COVID.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can’t make an omelette without killing lots of women.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If they were worried about birth rates before...

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