{"id":2374051,"date":"2024-11-27T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-health-committee-wont-review-maternal-deaths-in-2022-2023-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:40:00","slug":"texas-health-committee-wont-review-maternal-deaths-in-2022-2023-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-health-committee-wont-review-maternal-deaths-in-2022-2023-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas health committee won&#8217;t review maternal deaths in 2022, 2023 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-health-committee-wont-review-maternal-deaths-in-2022-2023-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity \u200cReview Committee \u2063has decided not to review maternal death cases from 2022 and 2023, the years following the reversal of Roe v.\u2063 Wade. This decision was made\u200d in a September meeting, with the committee claiming it will allow for a more\u200b timely review of recent cases.\u2063 However, many\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">state committees typically analyze maternal deaths<\/a> with a two-year lag, and thus the \u2064Texas committee is technically on schedule to \u200creview those years.<\/p>\n<p>The overturn of Roe v. Wade\u2064 in June\u200b 2022 and a six-week abortion ban implemented in Texas in September 2021 have raised concerns about maternal healthcare. Although the law permits \u2062abortions when\u2064 a \u200bmother\u2019s life is at risk, ambiguity in the legislation has led to hesitation among doctors in administering necessary care. ProPublica highlighted instances where mothers died because they were denied treatment\u2063 for miscarriages due to the limitations imposed by these \u2064abortion laws.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas anti-abortion group, Texas Alliance for Life, has disputed claims of women being denied lifesaving care, stating that there have been medically \u200cnecessary abortions performed since Roe was overturned. Reports indicate \u200cthat maternal deaths in Texas rose from 17 to 38 per 100,000 births between\u2064 2019 \u2064and 2021, with some \u200dstudies suggesting the abortion ban may have contributed to this increase.<\/p>\n<p>Health \u200bofficials, including Jennifer Shuford from the Texas Department of State Health Services, have criticized the committee\u2019s\u2064 decision to skip reviewing the years following the abortion laws, indicating it does not align with the urgent need to understand the impact\u200c of these laws\u2063 on maternal health outcomes in Texas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Texas health committee won&rsquo;t review maternal deaths in years after Roe v. Wade reversal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874250\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Texas<\/a> health committee that reviews all maternal<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> deaths<\/a> will not examine cases in 2022 and 2023 &mdash; the years directly following the overturning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee made the decision during a September <a href=\"https:\/\/texashhsc.v3.swagit.com\/videos\/316334\">meeting<\/a>, claiming that it would allow the board to review more recent cases of maternal deaths in a timely matter.<\/p>\n<p>Many state committees analyzing the death of pregnant mothers, however, operate on a two-year lag, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/2024\/11\/26\/texas-committee-wont-examine-maternal-deaths-first-years-after-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. This means that the committee would be right on schedule to analyze the maternal deaths in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roe<\/em> was overturned in June 2022. In September 2021, Texas implemented a six-week abortion ban.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the law allows for abortion in cases in which the life of a mother is in danger, doctors have claimed that the language of the bill is vague and makes it difficult for doctors to act quickly in efforts to save the mother&rsquo;s life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ProPublica has reported three instances of mothers dying after doctors did not properly treat them for miscarriages due to the abortion bans.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas health committee does not examine deaths of mothers due to an abortion, but women who are miscarrying and are being denied certain medical procedures by health professionals due to abortion laws is a case study within the committee&rsquo;s scope.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Alliance for Life, a Texas anti-abortion activist group, has called ProPublica&rsquo;s report of women being denied lifesaving care inaccurate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasallianceforlife.org\/news\/latest-state-abortion-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">citing <\/a>that there have been 119 medically necessary abortions performed in the state since the overturning of <em>Roe<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas laws explicitly allow doctors to perform abortions when a mother&rsquo;s life or health is at risk,&rdquo; Texas Alliance for Life Communications Director Amy O&rsquo;Donnell said in a statement. &ldquo;The data from Texas Health and Human Services proves that physicians are providing abortions to save women&rsquo;s lives when medically necessary. <em>ProPublica<\/em> is attempting to place blame where it doesn&rsquo;t belong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The number of women who died while pregnant, during labor, or in the year after giving birth increased in Texas in 2020 and 2021. The number of maternal deaths rose from 17 per 100,000 births in 2019 to 38 per 100,000 births in 2021. Many experts have attributed this surge in maternal deaths to limited healthcare access during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/womens-health\/texas-abortion-ban-deaths-pregnant-women-sb8-analysis-rcna171631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">suggest<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-mississippi-abortion-case-is-such-a-big-deal\/\" title=\"Why The Mississippi Abortion Case Is Such A Big Deal\">abortion ban enacted<\/a> in the second half of 2021 may have played a role.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Shuford, the commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, has said the committee&rsquo;s board decision to skip years 2022 and 2023 does not make much sense.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2024, the committee provided recommendations based on findings from maternal deaths that occurred in 2020,&rdquo; Shuford wrote in a September letter about the decision. &ldquo;I am concerned that this means the committee&rsquo;s recommendations to policy makers are still not based on the most recent case cohorts available.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other states have maternal mortality committees. Idaho, which passed a near-total abortion ban, dissolved its maternal death committee in 2023. While now reinstated, the committee is facing delays in its review of data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And last week,&nbsp;Georgia, a state with a six-week abortion ban, dismissed all members on the state&rsquo;s maternal mortality committee. The decision came after ProPublica obtained confidential information about two maternal deaths in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even though this disclosure was investigated, the investigation was unable to uncover which individual(s) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yale-tiger-mom-law-professor-seemingly-punished-for-allegedly-throwing-parties-during-pandemic-which-she-denies\/\" title=\"Yale \u2018Tiger Mom\u2019 Law Professor Seemingly Punished For Allegedly Throwing Parties During Pandemic, Which She Denies\">disclosed confidential information<\/a>,&rdquo; Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, wrote in a November letter to the committee. &ldquo;Therefore, effective immediately the current MMRC is disbanded, and all member seats will be filled through a new application process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874250\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874250\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas health committee will not review maternal deaths from 2022-2023 after Roe v. 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