Texas Skips Review of Maternal Deaths Following Abortion Ban

The state's maternal mortality committee will not examine deaths from 2022 and 2023, raising concerns about transparency and accountability post-Roe reversal.

• The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee decided to skip reviewing pregnancy-related deaths from 2022 and 2023, citing a need to focus on more recent cases.
• Critics argue the decision could obscure the impact of Texas's near-total abortion ban, implemented in 2021, on maternal and infant mortality rates.
• Texas maternal deaths rose significantly from 17 per 100,000 births in 2019 to 38 per 100,000 in 2021, with experts debating the roles of COVID-19 and abortion restrictions in this increase.
• ProPublica has documented cases where women reportedly died due to delays in care caused by confusion over the abortion ban's legal language.
• Other states with strict abortion bans, including Idaho and Georgia, have also faced disruptions or controversies in their maternal mortality review processes.

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