Summary
Republican-led states with near-total abortion bans are delaying or halting maternal mortality reviews, raising concerns about efforts to conceal rising deaths.
Texas, where maternal deaths rose 56% from 2019 to 2022, refused to review 2022-2023 cases, citing a backlog.
Investigations found multiple preventable deaths tied to abortion bans, such as Porsha Ngumenzi, who died after being denied miscarriage care.
Georgia fired its entire Maternal Mortality Review Committee after leaks about preventable deaths.
Critics argue these actions aim to suppress evidence linking abortion bans to maternal fatalities, delaying accountability for years.
A good chunk of them asked for this
intelligence is not a pre-requisite for treating someone with dignity.
I didn’t say it was. Still, I’m not pulling a swimmer out of the pool. They’re not drowning. They jumped in on purpose.
You would have sounded better if you said they wouldn’t leave
that’s what I took swimmer to mean
We still try to help suicidal people even thought it’s their choice.
Suicidal people have mental health issues, this is why we help them.
Republican voters are just stupid. Last I checked, being a dumbass is not a recognized mental disease.
The age gap is steep. Lots of Republican women are post-menopausal.
Which is still ridiculous, because whether they know it or not republicans consistently undermine access to healthcare, which makes peri and post menopause treatment and symptom management harder to get. Menopause is no fucking joke. That shit can fuck your life up.
Like all Republicans, they are voting against their own interests…and I don’t know if anything can convince them to stop doing that.