The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed after the state’s ban on abortion care, a new analysis finds.

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,

The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee released a report this month analyzing pregnancy-related deaths within one year of childbirth. The committee, which works on a several-year delay,