Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world, study finds | US news | The Guardian

Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world, study finds | US news | The Guardian:

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“Indeed, the report said it was “puzzling” that Texas’s maternal mortality rate rose only modestly from 2000 to 2010 before doubling between 2011 and 2012. The researchers, hailing from the University of Maryland, Boston University’s school of public health and Stanford University’s medical school, called for further study. But they noted that starting in 2011, Texas drastically reduced the number of women’s health clinics within its borders.”

Voluntary manslaughter by legislation.

This is also a great example of today’s crippling fear of “taking sides.” Even when a policy impact is as obvious as this one, both the report and the article only note it obliquely.

They will not come out and say, “the most likely explanation is that these new laws are killing women.” When stories are too hot, when they clearly point to something substantial, the fear of engagement leads to under coverage.