Covid spiked the maternal death rate in U.S. Roe’s fall will make it even worse. , by Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news
U.S. maternal mortality rates are certain to rise as more states restrict abortion following the fall of Roe v. Wade, experts said, a sobering prediction as new statistics show the Covid pandemic’s already outsize effect on maternal deaths.
With a higher rate than any other developed country, maternal mortality in the United States is astonishingly high, particularly for women of color.