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These unwanted pregnancies resulted in nearly 700,000 maternal deaths (approximately one-fifth of maternal deaths during that period). More than one-third of the deaths were from problems associated with pregnancy or childbirth, but the majority (64%) were from complications from unsafe or unsanitary abortion. [71]
The fallout from Dobbs v.Jackson Women's Health Organization and the resulting restrictive abortion policies are causing increasing barriers to abortion access in the United States, which is statistically negatively affecting, among other things, the health and well-being of birthing people and young children, with ripple effects to other populations.
For the period 2013 – 2019, the rate of mortality from legal abortion procedures in the US was 0.43 abortion-related deaths per 100,000 reported legal abortions, lower than the rates for previous 5-year periods. [330] In 2019, there were four identified deaths related to abortion in the US, out of 625,000 abortions. [330]
Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations and infant mortality rises disproportionately, new research suggests.
Abortion rates tend to be higher among minority women in the U.S. In 2000–2001 the rates among black and Hispanic women were 49 per 1,000 and 33 per 1,000, respectively, vs. 13 per 1,000 among non-Hispanic white women. Note that this figure includes all women of reproductive age, including women who are not pregnant.
Grissel Velasco sues Sun City Women’s Health Care, owned by OB-GYN and then-El Paso City Council member Dr. Michiel Noe, over unwanted pregnancy. El Paso woman is suing her doctor for negligence ...
This is who is affected by abortion legislation.
Unintended pregnancy rates are generally higher in the South and Southwest regions of the United States, in densely populated areas. A lack of family planning , limited access to birth control , or inconsistent use of birth control, are some of the contributing factors to unintended pregnancy . [ 1 ]
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