{"id":273535,"date":"2022-08-05T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=273535"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:37:07","slug":"abortion-isnt-solution-high-maternal-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-isnt-solution-high-maternal-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"No, abortion still isn’t the solution to high maternal mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A research letter published<\/a> in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology claims to show that pro-life laws are already increasing maternal mortality and morbidity. The letter specifically addresses the consequences after the Texas Heartbeat Act was passed, as well as restrictions on chemical abortions and requirements for abortion complications to be reported.<\/p>\n

Women who experienced complications and needed to be admitted before reaching 22 weeks gestation were included in the research, done at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Parkland Hospital. The women were not experiencing premature labor, but had complications such as preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), severe pre-eclampsia, and\/or vaginal bleeding; their preborn babies also still had heartbeats.<\/p>\n

“Before the passage of state Senate Bills 8 and 4 (effective 21 September 2021), women with these conditions were counseled and offered expectant management or induction of labor,” the letter explained. “After September 2021, all were expectantly managed with medical intervention when there was an immediate threat to maternal life.”<\/p>\n

Most of the preborn children died, though all of the mothers survived. However, a significant number \u2014 43% \u2014 experienced maternal morbidity, meaning a negative health condition resulting from labor and delivery, that may have short-term or long-term consequences.<\/p>\n

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The research letter tried to insinuate that Texas laws caused these complications, saying, “Expectant management resulted in 57% of patients having a serious maternal morbidity compared with 33% who elected immediate pregnancy interruption under similar clinical circumstances reported in states without such legislation.” Yet it also pointed out that there were nine days, on average, between being admitted to the hospital and undergoing delivery. Their solution, it seems, is to allow these women to undergo abortions sooner, rather than waiting for labor and delivery to take place on its own, thereby (in theory) avoiding complications.<\/p>\n

Yet even in serious health situations<\/a>, the deliberate killing of a preborn child can be avoided.<\/p>\n