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Maternal death reviews get political as state officials intrude. (stateline.org)
submitted 9 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Every state has a committee of medical and public health experts tasked with investigating deaths that occur during and after pregnancy.

But as data paints a clearer picture of the impact that state policies such as abortion bans and Medicaid expansion can have on maternal health, leaders in some states are rushing to limit their review committee’s work — or halt it altogether.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Living in Texas, a state with one of (if not the) highest maternal mortality rates in the country, it’s embarrassing that they simply hide the data that disprove their bullshit stance. My wife and I had a very complicated pregnancy that ended up with my kid being born 6 weeks early and her in the hospital, and this was after years of IVF. We spent thousands getting to the point of having a child and if her life was in danger I would not have given a second thought to protecting her.

It’s to the point where the first thing I did when it was viable was to get a vasectomy because I wasn’t going to even have the potential for those risks in a state that actively hates women.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

Maternal death reviews get political as state officials intrude

In some states, officials look to quash expert recommendations to curb pregnancy-related deaths.

*sigh* JUST. SAY IT.

In November, Georgia officials dismissed all 32 members of the state’s maternal mortality review committee . . .

. . . In September, Texas announced its committee would not review 2022 and 2023 maternal deaths . . .

In March, Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders created her own maternal health advisory group after Arkansas’ maternal mortality review committee, like Idaho’s, recommended extending the amount of time that low-income postpartum women can qualify for Medicaid coverage . . .

"Republican controlled", "Red states", "Shithole states" - whatever. SAY IT. PUT IT IN THE HEADLINE FFS.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well of course, they can't let the fact that abortion bans are a bad idea get in the way of their feelings, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

When have they ever let facts get in the way of their delusional fascism?

They definitely won't let facts anywhere near their means of forcibly creating more working cattle.