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A healthcare policy professor believes that strict abortion laws enacted by Republican states have made pregnant women "untouchables" — and have resulted in their deaths.. Nevaeh Crain was 18 ...
A Texas teen died after the state’s ban on abortion stopped her from getting life-saving medical care while experiencing pregnancy complications. On October 28, 2023, the day of her baby shower ...
While the number of uninsured in the U.S. has decreased by 43%, Texas has only decreased by 10%. Texas’ political and policy opposition to the ACA is the reason for this mediocre performance.
A systematic review update in 2022 demonstrated that pregnant women are at increased risk of severe COVID-19. It also found that risk factors for severe COVID-19 in pregnant people included high body mass index, being of an older age, being of non-white ethnic origin, having pre-existing comorbidities, having pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes.
The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, ... during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022. Rates among white ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, many non-essential medical procedures were temporarily suspended to preserve medical resources like protective equipment (PPE). In the context of these orders, several Republican officials and anti-abortion advocates argued that abortion should be considered non-essential, leading to orders in ...
Nearly 5 million Texans are uninsured, the largest percentage of any state, says nonprofit public policy organization Texas 2036. ... says nonprofit public policy organization Texas 2036.
In the 1988-1989 school year, girls gave birth to 70 babies. Annual HISD district reports stated from 1980 to 1989, the number of pregnant girls within the school district fluctuated between 443 and 581. In 1989 district officials told the Houston Chronicle that the reports did not reflect the true pregnancy rate among HISD students. In 1989 ...