Despite the Trump administration exhorting Americans to have more babies, pregnancy can be a dangerous endeavor in the United States. Geography matters. A recent report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute showed that the risk of maternal death in Texas is 155 percent higher than it is in California, where 9.5 women per 100,000 died.
Since Texas outlawed most abortions, the state has seen increased rates of maternal death, sepsis among women who are experiencing miscarriage and a strained workforce of obstetricians increasingly reluctant to practice in the state. Doctors who perform a prohibited abortion can face first degree felony charges, have their license revoked and incur fines of at least $100,000.
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