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Maternal deaths have surged in #Texas since its near-total abortion ban. The state review committee doesn't want to rev
Maternal deaths have surged in #Texas since its near-total abortion ban. The state review committee doesnt want to review them.
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Pro-Life Texas Turns Its Back On Maternal Deaths Since Abortion Ban
Maternal deaths have surged in Texas since its near-total abortion ban. The state review committee doesnt want to review them.
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/11/pro-life-texas-turns-its-back-maternal
By News Hound Ellen November 27, 2024
Any legit pro-life medical review committee would be clamoring to review the skyrocketing rate of maternal and infant deaths in Texas since its abortion ban. That is, unless the forced-birth crowd doesnt want Texans to know that the pro-life law is killing women and babies.
The Washington Post:
The Texas committee that examines all pregnancy-related deaths in the state will not review cases from 2022 and 2023, the first two years after Texass near-total abortion ban took effect, leaving any potential deaths related to abortion bans during those years uninvestigated by the 23 doctors, medical professionals and other specialists who make up the group.
The decision by the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee was supposedly done to make their review more contemporary, and skip over a backlog that will allow more relevant recommendations to policymakers, as The Post put it.
Its hard to think of what could be more relevant and contemporary than looking into pregnancy-related deaths since the abortion ban. Especially since we already know horrific stories of women dying or forced to flee the state after being denied life-saving care, thanks to the law. That's not counting the spike in rape-related pregnancies..............
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Maternal deaths have surged in #Texas since its near-total abortion ban. The state review committee doesn't want to rev (Original Post)
riversedge
Nov 28
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BOSSHOG
(40,114 posts)1. More Contemporary. More relevant.
My oh my aint that some 💩
Murder women with conservative values. Well hell I wouldnt want it investigated either. If I had conservative values. Pro-Life. The life of the cover up.
Mopar151
(10,185 posts)2. That baby is Church property!
The "liberal" parents idea that a child is their responsibility, and "property", must be disabused!
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,575 posts)3. Shit hole. nt
Irish_Dem
(58,803 posts)4. More investigation when a farm animal dies.
Veterinarians, local, state, federal officials may look into the unexpected death of
a farm animal.
Young dead women in hospitals, no one cares.