Maternal Health

When issues like bleeding and postpartum depression are left untreated, they can lead to death. Black Texans and other groups of color experience maternal mortality at higher rates, but organizations are working to change that reality.

A new partnership between the university and BlueCross BlueShield of Texas aims to curb maternal deaths, especially among Black women, by adding more culturally informed doulas into the workforce.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of five patients who said their lives were put at risk and two physicians asks a state judge to clarify exceptions for medical emergencies under Texas law.

Local doctors have seen a surge in requests for vasectomies and salpingectomies since Texas' abortion bans went into effect. Some people see this as a way to remain childfree, while others want to avoid high-risk pregnancies.

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

Greg Abbott claimed Texas provides expectant mothers “necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,” but it is now one of a dwindling number of states not to offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth.

The idea of adoption as an alternative to abortion was raised earlier this month as the Supreme Court considered a Mississippi law to restrict access to abortion.

But a proposed bill in the state Legislature could extend health benefits to new moms on Medicaid.

From Texas Standard:A recently-published health study indicates expectant mothers living near extensive oil and gas development run a higher risk of…