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It's not pro-life if Women die.

Sept. 20, 2024

By Erika Edwards, Zinhle Essamuah and Jason Kane

The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.

From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period, according to an analysis by the Gender Equity Policy Institute. The nonprofit research group scoured publicly available reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and shared the analysis exclusively with NBC News.

“There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality,” said Nancy L. Cohen, president of the GEPI. “All the research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming increase.” 

“Texas, I fear, is a harbinger of what’s to come in other states,” she said.

The SB 8 effect

The Texas Legislature banned abortion care as early as five weeks into pregnancy in September 2021, nearly a year before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — the case that protected a federal right to abortion — in June 2022. 

At the time, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, lauded the bill as a measure that “ensures the life of every unborn child.”

Texas law now prohibits all abortion except to save the life of the mother. 

The passage of Texas’ Senate Bill 8 gave GEPI researchers the opportunity to take an early look at how near-total bans on abortion — including cases in which the mother’s life was in danger — affected the health and safety of pregnant women. 

The SB 8 effect, Cohen’s team found, was swift and stark. Within a year, maternal mortality rose in all racial groups studied.

Maternal mortality rates in Texas

Deaths per 100,000 live births

This grouped bar chart compares maternal mortality rates among all women, Black women, Hispanic women and white women from 2019 to 2022. In all categories, rates were lowest in 2019. In most categories rates doubled from 2019 to 2021, then declined in 2022. Rates in 2022 are highest among Black women, followed by white women, all women, then Hispanic women.

Source: Gender Equity Policy Institute analysis of CDC data

Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022. Rates among white women nearly doubled — from 20 per 100,000 to 39.1. And Black women, who historically have higher chances of dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after, saw their rates go from 31.6 to 43.6 per 100,000 live births. While maternal mortality spiked overall during the pandemic, women dying while pregnant or during childbirth rose consistently in Texas following the state’s ban on abortion, according to the Gender Equity Policy Institute.

“If you deny women abortions, more women are going to be pregnant, and more women are going to be forced to carry a pregnancy to term,” Cohen said.

Beyond the immediate dangers of pregnancy and childbirth, there is growing evidence that women living in states with strict abortion laws, such as Texas, are far more likely to go without prenatal care and much less likely to find an appointment with an OB-GYN.

Doctors say the feeling among would-be moms is fear.

“Fear is something I’d never seen in practice prior to Senate Bill 8,” said Dr. Leah Tatum, an OB-GYN in private practice in Austin, Texas. Tatum, who was not involved with the GEPI study, said that requests for sterilization procedures among her patients doubled after the state’s abortion ban.

That is, women prefer to lose their ability to ever have children over the chance that they might become pregnant following SB 8.

“Patients feel like they’re backed into a corner,” Tatum said. “If they already knew that they didn’t want to pursue pregnancy, now they’re terrified.”

Tatum said she’s seeing many women in their late 30s and 40s who, even though they’d like to have a child, worry they wouldn’t have an option to end the pregnancy if it turned out that the baby wouldn’t be born healthy. “‘What happens if I end up with a genetically abnormal fetus?’” Tatum said her patients have asked her. They worry their options are limited, she said. ‘Treated like a criminal’

That unthinkable tragedy happened to Kaitlyn Kash, 37, of Austin, Texas. 

Kash had a textbook pregnancy with her first child, a healthy little boy, born in 2018. 

“It’d been so easy the first time,” she said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would go down the journey that we went down.”

When she became pregnant again, it wasn’t until Kash’s second trimester, at 13 weeks, that she and her husband, Cory, discovered that their fetus had severe skeletal dysplasia, a rare genetic disorder affecting bone and cartilage growth. It was highly unlikely the baby would survive. 

Kaitlyn Kash and her husband, Cory, at home with their two children.NBC News

“We were told that his bones would break in utero and he would suffocate at birth,” Kash said. “We were expecting our doctor to tell us how we were going to care for our baby, how we were going to end his pain.”It was October 2021, just a month after Texas passed the SB 8 abortion law. 

“We were told that we should get a second opinion, but make sure that it was outside of Texas,” she said. 

At 15 weeks, Kash had to travel to Kansas to terminate her doomed pregnancy. Outside the medical clinic, protesters harassed the grief-stricken mom. 

“I was being treated like a criminal,” she said. “I didn’t get the dignity that I deserved to say goodbye to my child.”

“It’s just another example of how it’s heartbreaking to practice in the state of Texas,” Tatum said. “These patients are asking for help. The state of Texas has failed women.”

CORRECTION (Sept. 21, 2024, 8:17 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated the maternal mortality rates by demographic. The figures represent the number per 100,000 live births, not percentages.

Erika Edwards is a health and medical news writer and reporter for NBC News and "TODAY."

Jason Kane is a producer in the NBC News Health & Medical Unit. 

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Former U.N. climate chief: Exclude fossil fuel firms from climate talks

The Untied Nations' former climate chief, Christiana Figueres, tells NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah she "ran out of patience" with fossil fuel companies regarding climate talks.

I'm amazed that this was even aired on mainstream corporate media. -antidrumpfs

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Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

NBC News Nov. 7, 2024, 6:24 PM ESTBy Char Adams, Maya Eaglin and Zinhle Essamuah Dozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.” The messages came just hours after the polarized presidential election came to a close this week. Read more…

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Investigating Claims That Oximeters Give Inaccurate Readings To Patients With Darker Skin Oximeters measure oxygen levels in blood, but critics say if you're a person of color, the device may be assessing your levels incorrectly. NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah speaks to Ph.D. students who are working to develop new technologies to calibrate for differences in skin tones. » Subscribe to NBC News: https://ift.tt/u9ajbA1 » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. Connect with NBC News Online! NBC News App: https://ift.tt/kWj7PmG Breaking News Alerts: https://ift.tt/EClSLdU Visit NBCNews.Com: https://ift.tt/Tp8wxnS Find NBC News on Facebook: https://ift.tt/Q4s8VMr Follow NBC News on Twitter: https://ift.tt/pTQxKnv #Oximeters #Healthcare #health via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsf3jJdmm7U

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Maternity ward to close as family calls for justice in death of mother

The maternal health center at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles is closing in October after an investigation. The family of April Valentine filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death and negligence after the 31-year-old mother’s death last January. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports.

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[ad_1] Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as a “loser” who wages “losing battles,” following a week where he’s faced criticism from both sides of the aisle over his state’s new educational standards.MSNBC’s Zinhle Essamuah, in an interview with Crockett on Saturday, asked for the Democrat’s reaction on DeSantis appearing to “be on the defense.” Florida is facing scrutiny for standards that say students should be taught that enslaved people had opportunities to develop skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”“OK, so first of all, Ron DeSantis is a loser,” replied Crockett, who’d previously described the Florida governor as an “ignorant fool.”“He’s going to continue to wage these losing battles,” Crockett said. “He lucked up and became the governor of Florida, and he has only taken Florida down.”Crockett adds her name to a list of politicians who have knocked the Republican presidential candidate over his administration’s educational standards.Vice President Kamala Harris slammed DeSantis’ administration for replacing “history with lies.” Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who is running for president against DeSantis, declared that there is “no silver lining in slavery,” while Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) also called for an adjustment to the standards.DeSantis, in a tense interaction with a reporter who asked whether there were “beneficial aspects” to slavery, claimed that it was “not what the curriculum says.”Crockett noted that DeSantis has waged fights with Black Republicans and Mickey Mouse, before calling on him to exit the presidential race.“Ron DeSantis needs to kind of chill out, and he honestly needs to suspend his campaign,” she said.Crockett, who is Black, also expressed her surprise about Black Republicans criticizing the education standards, since they didn’t have “very much to say” on DeSantis’ war against so-called critical race theory in the state.“This was just the next level ― they have decided that they are going to whitewash and completely act as if slavery was a benefit to Black folk,” Crockett said. “And my only question is, how many of them are willing to sign up for slavery today if that’s the case, if they are looking for those same good benefits that Black folks suffered under? I’ll wait for them to sign up.”Crockett: Okay, so, first of all, Ron DeSantis is a loser.… Ron DeSantis needs to chill out, and he honestly needs to suspend his campaign. pic.twitter.com/VMxo59fqf9— Acyn (@Acyn) July 29, 2023 !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window,document,'script',' fbq('init', '1621685564716533'); fbq('track', "PageView"); var _fbPartnerID = null; if (_fbPartnerID !== null) fbq('init', _fbPartnerID + ''); fbq('track', "PageView"); [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as a “loser” who wages “losing battles,” following a week where he’s faced criticism from both sides of the aisle over his state’s new educational standards.MSNBC’s Zinhle Essamuah, in an interview with Crockett on Saturday, asked for the Democrat’s reaction on DeSantis appearing to “be on the defense.” Florida is facing scrutiny for standards that say students should be taught that enslaved people had opportunities to develop skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”“OK, so first of all, Ron DeSantis is a loser,” replied Crockett, who’d previously described the Florida governor as an “ignorant fool.”“He’s going to continue to wage these losing battles,” Crockett said. “He lucked up and became the governor of Florida, and he has only taken Florida down.”Crockett adds her name to a list of politicians who have knocked the Republican presidential candidate over his administration’s educational standards.Vice President Kamala Harris slammed DeSantis’ administration for replacing “history with lies.” Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who is running for president against DeSantis, declared that there is “no silver lining in slavery,” while Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) also called for an adjustment to the standards.DeSantis, in a tense interaction with a reporter who asked whether there were “beneficial aspects” to slavery, claimed that it was “not what the curriculum says.”Crockett noted that DeSantis has waged fights with Black Republicans and Mickey Mouse, before calling on him to exit the presidential race.“Ron DeSantis needs to kind of chill out, and he honestly needs to suspend his campaign,” she said.Crockett, who is Black, also expressed her surprise about Black Republicans criticizing the education standards, since they didn’t have “very much to say” on DeSantis’ war against so-called critical race theory in the state.“This was just the next level ― they have decided that they are going to whitewash and completely act as if slavery was a benefit to Black folk,” Crockett said. “And my only question is, how many of them are willing to sign up for slavery today if that’s the case, if they are looking for those same good benefits that Black folks suffered under? I’ll wait for them to sign up.”Crockett: Okay, so, first of all, Ron DeSantis is a loser.… Ron DeSantis needs to chill out, and he honestly needs to suspend his campaign. pic.twitter.com/VMxo59fqf9— Acyn (@Acyn) July 29, 2023 !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window,document,'script',' fbq('init', '1621685564716533'); fbq('track', "PageView"); var _fbPartnerID = null; if (_fbPartnerID !== null) fbq('init', _fbPartnerID + ''); fbq('track', "PageView"); [ad_2]

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Durante o mês de junho, estive em NY produzindo novas obras para as minhas séries “Vigília” e “Residência”. Foi um momento de muitos encontros e novos aprendizados com o outro. 

Uma das novas retratadas foi Kah Walla, um ativista camaronesa que, assim como eu, faz parte da Vital Voices, ONG fundada por Hillary Clinton em 1999 e que reúne diversas lideranças femininas do globo. A tela de Kah Walla participou da Frieze, uma das feiras de arte mais importantes do mundo, onde pude participar pela primeira vez com o apoio da Galeria Luisa Strina. 

A viagem para NY também foi um momento de reencontrar antigos amigos, como o Miro Spinelli, e conhecer pessoas maravilhosas como Zinhle Essamuah e Zuzuka Poderosa.

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In June, I was in NY producing new works for my series “Vigil” and “Residence”. It was a moment of many encounters and new learnings with the other.

One of the new ones portrayed was Kah Walla, a Cameroonian activist who, like me, is part of Vital Voices, an NGO founded by Hillary Clinton in 1999 and which brings together several female leaders from around the world. Kah Walla's canvas participated in Frieze, one of the most important art fairs in the world, where I was able to participate for the first time with the support of Galeria Luisa Strina.

The trip to NY was also a time to be with old friends, like Miro Spinelli, and meet wonderful people like Zinhle Essamuah and Zuzuka Poderosa.

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Hands Up Documentary: Preview Screening in DC

Months ago, thousands responded to the death of Michael Brown. There was anger, protests, confusion, apathy, ‘die-ins’, guilt and — perhaps most importantly — a story that needed to be told. Through the support of School of Media & Public Affairs (SMPA) at The George Washington University's Manheim Sterling Research Prize, Zinhle Essamuah, a GW senior and owner of SimplyZinhle Productions explored the questions -- What does it mean to be black in America? What is the significance of #HandsUpDontShoot? And, in the midst of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, do Americans have hope? Friday, May 8, 2015, Essamuah will be showing a work-in-progress preview screening of Hands Up: Documentary, followed by a Q&A. We hope to see you there! Location: Marvin Center Amphitheater - 3rd Floor 800 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20052 Website: HandsUpDocumentary.com Twitter: @HandsUpDoc Instagram: #HandsUpDoc

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