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A 2016 University of Maryland study discovered that Texas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the entire developed world. However, in spite of knowing this fact a few months later after the study was published, Texas lawmakers did nothing to address the problem or take steps to curb it, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
According to the study, pregnancy-related deaths in Texas “doubled within a 2-year period to levels not seen in other U.S. states.” The number of maternal deaths for every 100,000 births was between 17.7 and 18.6 from 2000-2010, 33 in 2011, and 35.8 in 2014, the study found. The Guardian also reported from another study appearing in the September 2016 issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology , which said that “the estimated number of maternal deaths per 100,000 births rose to 23.8 in 2014 from 18.8 in 2000 – or about 27 percent in Texas.”
According to the study, the state's maternal mortality task force also found that black mothers were disproportionately likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth, which appeared surprising as Black women make up about 28 percent of maternal deaths despite constituting only 11 percent of births in the state.
Despite the results about the skyrocketing maternal deaths in the state, lawmakers did not address the issue before the end of their legislative session. Now, they will have to wait till 2019 to address this issue in the next session. Several measures that were proposed in order to deal with this problem in Texas weren't even voted on.
Republican state senator Lois Kolkhorst introduced a measure to extend the end date of Texas’ maternal mortality task force from the year 2019 to 2023, however the measure had failed. The task force was established in 2013. If the measure would have been passed then it would have permitted researchers to continue to study the specific causes behind pregnancy-related deaths in Texas.
US Maternal Mortality Rates: Texas Lawmakers Failed To Curb Pregnancy-Related Deaths
Now, if this had anything to do with being pro-choice there would be weepy peeps and signs.
According to the study, pregnancy-related deaths in Texas “doubled within a 2-year period to levels not seen in other U.S. states.” The number of maternal deaths for every 100,000 births was between 17.7 and 18.6 from 2000-2010, 33 in 2011, and 35.8 in 2014, the study found. The Guardian also reported from another study appearing in the September 2016 issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology , which said that “the estimated number of maternal deaths per 100,000 births rose to 23.8 in 2014 from 18.8 in 2000 – or about 27 percent in Texas.”
According to the study, the state's maternal mortality task force also found that black mothers were disproportionately likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth, which appeared surprising as Black women make up about 28 percent of maternal deaths despite constituting only 11 percent of births in the state.
Despite the results about the skyrocketing maternal deaths in the state, lawmakers did not address the issue before the end of their legislative session. Now, they will have to wait till 2019 to address this issue in the next session. Several measures that were proposed in order to deal with this problem in Texas weren't even voted on.
Republican state senator Lois Kolkhorst introduced a measure to extend the end date of Texas’ maternal mortality task force from the year 2019 to 2023, however the measure had failed. The task force was established in 2013. If the measure would have been passed then it would have permitted researchers to continue to study the specific causes behind pregnancy-related deaths in Texas.
US Maternal Mortality Rates: Texas Lawmakers Failed To Curb Pregnancy-Related Deaths
Now, if this had anything to do with being pro-choice there would be weepy peeps and signs.
