Texas won't investigate maternal mortalities for the years immediately following its abortion ban
Texas officials will not investigate pregnancy-related deaths for 2022 and 2023, skipping over the years immediately following the state’s controversial abortion ban, which critics say has led to more dangerous and sometimes fatal pregnancies.
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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.
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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.
Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban
The largest state with an abortion ban, Texas can offer broader insight into the impact of abortion laws than any other state in the country.
Yet Another Woman Has Died Because Of Texas’ Abortion Ban
Over the course of six hours on June 11, 2023, Porsha Ngumezi had bled so much in the emergency department at Houston Methodist Sugar Land that she’d needed two transfusions. She was anxious to get home to her young sons, but, according to a nurse’s notes, she was still “passing large clots the size of grapefruit.”
Third Death Under TX Abortion Ban; Insurer Pays Its Own Docs More; CME Questioned
A third woman has died under the Texas abortion ban as doctors there avoid dilation and curettage (D&C) procedures and opt for riskier miscarriage treatments, ProPublica reported.
'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths
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.
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.
ProPublica reports Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman
Texas' abortion ban continues to work according to Republican plans, leaving another woman dead after being denied life-saving care. Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi was denied a D&C due to Texas' abortion ban.
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'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll
despite every state with an abortion ban ostensibly having exceptions for the life of the mother — women of color being ...
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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 ...
Texas Mom, 35, Dies After Hemorrhaging Due to State Abortion Ban: 'Everyone Turned Their Backs on Us During That Day'
A 35-year-old Texas woman required a dilation and curettage after suffering a miscarriage and hemorrhaging. However, because ...
'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 ...
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Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn
In June 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Texas enacted a total abortion ban. “They would come ...
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Texas governor threatens doctors for refusing to help deport people
Unsatisfied with the number of deaths caused by Texas' abortion ban, Governor Abbott has turned his sights on the parents of ...