Louisiana’s last three abortion clinics will relocate to other states, staff confirmed, after a Louisiana Supreme Court ruling Friday allowed the state’s near-total abortion ban to remain in effect. Read more at WWNO – New Orleans Public Radio
By the admission of the state’s own health department, Louisiana has among the worst maternal mortality rates in the nation, in which Black patients are four times more likely to die than their white counterparts. The state also struggles to attract doctors to care for pregnant patients. About one-third of counties, called parishes, lack an … Read more
The clinicians are confronting novel reactions from patients, too. In addition to questions of spiraling desperation—how much time do I have? Why can’t you help me? Where do I go? How can I get there?—they are seeing an unprecedented outpouring of anguish. They have also noticed a troubling rise in feelings of regret. … According … Read more
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 … Read more
Pregnant women face increasingly dangerous risks as doctors flee punitive US states, By Jessica Glenza, The Guardian Louisiana is fighting to become a leader in the race to criminalize doctors who allegedly provide abortions, since the US supreme court ended federal abortion protections. In doing so, the state may also become an example of how … Read more
