Houston Chronicle - Texas officials will not investigate pregnancy-related deaths for 2022 and 2023, skipping over the years immediately following the state’s controversial abortion ban, which critics say has led to more dangerous and sometimes fatal pregnancies. The state’s Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, which announced the decision this fall after years of trying to catch up on its count, said it was jumping ahead to provide “more contemporary” data for state lawmakers.
Dr. Carla Ortique, who chairs the committee, said
the Texas Department of State Health Services will still release some
mortality data from 2022 and 2023, even though the committee is not
providing an in-depth analysis of causes and trends.
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