Louisiana

United States Maternal Mortality Rates Will Rise

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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

Maternity Care Deserts

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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