Me in July 2022: "Women and pregnant people in the U.S. will die from homicide, the physical toll of pregnancy, and being denied emergency care in hospitals—the factors that were already killing pregnant people, only now, more people will be forced to stay pregnant.”
Abortion bans mean more people will be forced to stay pregnant, the very state of which puts them at great risk in America.
Yes, pregnant women are more likely to be killed, often at the hands of an intimate partner, than they are to die of health problems in America. And maternal mortality stats don’t include homicide
Evaluation of death certificates from national database paints grim picture for pregnant women. Evaluation of death certificates from national database paints grim picture for pregnant women.