In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were "products of conception" still in their bodies. These are the very kinds of cases state maternal mortality review committees are supposed to delve into, determining why they happened and how to stop them from happening again. But panels in states that have recently imposed strict bans on abortion have done little to uncover whether the laws are contributing to maternal deaths, including tracking delays in care for pregnancy complications and making these problems known, a ProPublica investigation shows.
Maternal mortality review committees in states that have recently imposed strict bans on abortion have done little to determine whether the laws are contributing to maternal deaths, a ProPublica investigation shows. Read the full story: https://propub.li/4iHoAlX
-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) December 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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