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A decade ago, Black women in Texas were twice as likely as white women to die from pregnancy and childbirth. Today, not much has changed.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services and Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee's report is finally out after months of delays.
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Maternal health advocates want Texas leaders to prioritize support for pregnant people in the 2023 legislative session.
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Aborting a pregnancy, in which a pregnant person’s doctor believes the developing baby has little chance of surviving in or outside the womb is illegal in Texas.
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With abortion illegal in a growing number of states, both groups that help patients access the procedure and those who oppose it are reporting more calls for help.
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Nationally, Black people giving birth are three times more likely to die than their white counterparts, and twice as likely in Texas. That concerns reproductive justice advocates, who fear these outcomes will worsen now that Roe v. Wade is overturned, and people can’t access abortion services.
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In the past 10 years, more than 20 rural hospitals in Texas have stopped delivering babies.
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The North Texas Area Community Health Centers in Fort Worth is bringing together community partners to address infant and maternal mortality rates in the county.
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The House passed the measure, but it will have a harder time getting through the evenly divided Senate.
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IVF patients question if they will be able to discard their embryos and what they can do if multiple pregnancies result from fertility treatments.
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Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.
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Doctors and legal experts say Texas’ anti-abortion laws haven’t yet affected fertility treatments, and it appears an unlikely target for anti-abortion groups in the state.