Texas Women More Likely to Die in Childbirth than from an Abortion, and HB 2 will Make it Worse

[Tx4obama]

Texas Women More Likely to Die in Childbirth than from an Abortion, and HB 2 will Make it Worse

Women's health has been at the forefront of Texas politics this summer. But with the main focus on abortion, you may have missed an important and troubling fact: women are more likely to die in childbirth than during an abortion.

A study published in the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology in February 2012 found that nationally, the pregnancy-associated mortality rate among women giving birth was 8.8 deaths per 100,000 live births while the mortality rate associated with abortion was only 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions. In other words, women carrying a baby to term are 14 times more likely to die than a woman who has a legal abortion.

These statistics are even worse in Texas. In 2010, the state's maternal mortality rate was 24.6 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Texas has roughly the same maternal mortality rate as Saudi Arabia, and it's worse than Iran and Turkey. That's right--women giving birth in Texas are as likely to die as women giving birth in Saudi Arabia, and are more likely to die than women giving birth in Iran and Turkey.

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Full article here: http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13851/texas-women-more-likely-to-die-in-childbirth-than-from-an-abortion-and-hb-2-will-make-it-worse

[snot]

1. K&R'd!

[sheshe2]

2. K&R! nt

[Triana]

3. Ob-Gyn told me years ago:

"Pregnancy and childbirth is a *lot* more dangerous to a woman's health than using birth control or a safe, legal abortion"

Politicians don't know shit about this stuff. I'll take the doctor's word for it.