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Sepsis, maternal deaths increased in Texas after abortion bans: ProPublica

Pregnancy risks in Texas have increased since the 2021 abortion ban, with a more than 50% rise in sepsis cases reported by ProPublica.
Maternal mortality rates in Texas rose 33% from 2019 to 2023, while the national rate decreased, as found in ProPublica's analysis.
Experts urge that the abortion ban creates dangerous delays in necessary medical care for women.
Doctors assert the law hinders proper treatment options, leading to fatal complications for women experiencing miscarriages.

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Abortions do not fall but more children die: America is an example of what causes curtailing reproductive rights

A study published in the journal 'JAMA' confirms that infant mortality increased by 5.6% following the repeal of the sentence that enshrined the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy and reveals a much higher impact among infants with congenital anomalies and black babies Abortions in the U.S. have not fallen after the sentence that violated the right, but it has an explanation.The first scientific studies that measure the health consequen…

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Texas Banned Abortion -- Then Deadly Sepsis Among Pregnant Women Soared

Reprinted with permission from ProPublicaBy Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Kavitha SuranaPregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis.The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50 percent for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found.The surge in this life-threatening condition, caused by in…

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