States with the most restrictive abortion laws had a 7% higher maternal mortality rate than states with fewer restrictions, according to a study in the American Journal of Public Health.
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Judette Louis recalls a time when she treated a patient who was hemorrhaging from her pregnancy - and how she had to wait to obtain permission before she was allowed to terminate the pregnancy for the health of the mother.
Rates of pregnancy-related deaths in the US are the highest in the developed world and have risen steadily over time, with Black women three times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than White women. The CDC recently reported that the rate of pregnancy-related deaths increased from 20.1 in 2019 to 23.8 in 2020, continuing a worrying trend of worsening maternal health outcomes for people in the United States.
"[People] may seek unsafe ways of terminating a pregnancy and could have harmful consequences," said Whitney Rice, the director of the Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast at Emory University."You also have people who may sort of be forced to continue pregnancies to term and could have a risk of infant health outcomes that include low birth weight, preterm birth, or may have a risk of maternal mortality.
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