Bad Policy and Preventable Deaths Post-Roe V. Wade

Over 2 years ago, Roe V. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court which opened the door for multiple states to pass abortion bans and continue to test the waters on the extent in which their governments can interfere in the privacy of women's reproductive rights and healthcare. More stories flood the media surrounding women turned away from hospitals and denied treatment, dying or almost dying in the process. What does this all mean? How have we gotten here with the steadily growing concern on preventable pregnant persons' deaths in America?

 

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Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother's Death Was Preventable | ProPublica

Rest In Power: A Running List of the Preventable Deaths Caused by Abortion Bans | Ms. Magazine

Infants dying, women at risk: Medical literature describes wide-ranging consequences of Dobbs

Life Of The Mother | ProPublica

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law | AP News

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion | ProPublica

In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care | NPR

Pregnancy-related deaths are on the rise…and sepsis is a big reason | NIH

Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Efforts to Address Them | KFF