Texas has been by far one of the worst states to protect a women’s right to chose. The state has closed almost all “Planned Parenthood” health clinics, drastically reduced the number of abortion clinics state wide, and further hindered woman's health care by refusing to participate in the “Affordable Care Act” (Obamacare), thus leaving almost a million Texans without health insurance.
Needless to say, their republican pro-life ideology is hypocritical at best, for more and more women and unborn children have been dying at staggering rates, even greater than in developing countries around the world. The following article appeared in the Dallas Morning News today and well worth the read:
Texas' rate of pregnancy-related deaths nearly doubles, and neither researchers nor the state knows why
By Brittney Martin
Austin Bureau - Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN — The rate of Texas women dying of pregnancy-related causes nearly doubled from 2010 to 2014, with the state seeing more than 600 such deaths in the four-year span.
In a new study, set to be published in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers found that Texas experienced a dramatic increase in pregnancy-related deaths from 2010 to 2012. While the rest of the country also experienced an increase, no other state saw the rate nearly double like it did in Texas.
Sarah Wheat, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, said many of the family planning clinics that lost funding or closed were an "entry point into the health care system" for women.
Quote: "Chances are they're going to have a harder time finding somewhere to go to get that first appointment," Wheat said. "They may be delayed in getting that initial pregnancy test and then a prenatal referral."
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