Posted on · Nationally, Black people giving birth are three times more likely to die than their white counterparts, and twice as likely in Texas. That concerns reproductive justice advocates, who fear these outcomes will worsen now that Roe v. Wade is overturned, and people can’t access abortion services.
Posted on · The county’s maternal morbidity rate soared by more than 50% between 2008 and 2015.
Posted on · House Bill 133 had strong bipartisan support throughout the session, but was taken off the Senate calendar shortly before a final deadline approached Wednesday night.
Posted on · An effort to make hospitals safer for women giving birth in Texas has been underway for more than a year now.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Safety concerns stall construction on the ship channel bridge. We discuss how colleges decide who gets in. We learn how Project Row Houses is taking on the issue of black maternal mortality. And we visit a traveling exhibition of art made from LEGOs.
Posted on · Two of the students, Snigdha Banda and Raj Dalal, said maternal mortality is something that can be fixed
Posted on · The state plans to tackle hemorrhage, hypertension and opioid abuse first. All three are among the leading causes of maternal deaths in the state.
Posted on · Texas didn’t expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, so many women are not getting health care before they’re pregnant
Posted on · Texas’ maternal mortality rates had nearly doubled between 2010 and 2014
Posted on · In Texas, the maternal mortality rate had doubled between 2010 and 2012, shocking researchers. The state’s mortality rate hit its highest level in 2012 when 148 women died
Posted on · After a new study cast doubt on the number of pregnancy-related deaths in Texas, some Houston experts discuss the challenges of interpreting maternal mortality data and how to prevent the medical issue at its core.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We take a closer look at some discrepancies in maternal mortality numbers in Texas. Plus, we discuss what our collective New Year’s resolutions should be for Houston. Then, we find out how some of Houston's major transportation decisions were made over the years. And we learn about Houston's downtown tunnels.
Posted on · House lawmakers tentatively approved a series of bills Monday aimed at helping Texas curb its unusually high rate of women dying less than a year after childbirth.
Posted on · Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick sought to push some of his top priorities for the special session to a floor vote, including property tax reform and transgender bathroom restrictions. The minority Democrats used procedural roadblocks to slow the process to a crawl.
Posted on · A statewide task force ran into some issues getting good information last year when it was asked to write a report on why so many women in Texas were dying during pregnancy or shortly after.