Nearly 200 Women Died After Ectopic Pregnancies Since 2020 and No Federal Agency Has Publicly Responded

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states, like Texas, with abortion bans.

By ProPublica, The Texas Tribune September 10, 2026 This story was originally published by ProPublica. The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths typically occur…

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans

The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response.

Nearly 200 Women Died After Ectopic Pregnancies Since 2020 and No Federal Agency Has Publicly Responded

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled since 2020 in federal data, and no US health agency has publicly responded. Here is what patients should know.

Ectopic-Related Pregnancy Deaths Are on the Rise—Especially in States Where Abortion Is Banned

Ectopic pregnancies—in which a fertilized egg develops outside the uterine wall (and often in the fallopian tubes)—are relatively treatable, occurring in about 1% to 2% of pregnancies. Yet somehow, per a new report by ProPublica, more and more women are dying because of them, in a senseless trend the outlet calls “stark and baffling.”  Per state data collected by the CDC and analyzed by ProPublica, almost 200 U.S. women with ectopic pregnancies …

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The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response.Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails to properly implant in the uterus and begins to develop elsewhere, most commonly inside a fallopian tube. The embryo grows until it causes the organ t…

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans.