wtf, Texas

Is even this politicized?

It may never be known exactly how many Texas women have died as a result of the state’s abortion restrictions … And the state is not trying to find out. The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, the body responsible for investigating maternal deaths, has announced it is not investigating cases from 2022 and 2023, including the immediate aftermath of the state’s almost-total abortion ban.

  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    The victims are the disenfranchised minorities. The doctors (sometimes) are intimidated into compliance because they don’t want to be held liable.

    Texas has some of the most lax gun laws… just saying