India Baird: I shuddered at the effect abortion bans are having on women and girls in the wake of Roe v. Wade's demise. I know that my daughter and other women could die because of them.
Women have, in fact, died. ProPublica reported recently that in 2021, just after Texas lawmakers all but banned abortion in the state, Josseli Barnica, a 28-year-old mother, died of an infection after health care professionals at a Houston hospital delayed speeding up her miscarriage, letting her suffer for 40 hours before giving her medication to help advance her labor. She left behind a baby daughter and a husband.