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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eleanor Klibanoff

Texas lawmakers, advocates push for more data on pregnancy and childbirth complications

Significant health issues related to pregnancy or childbirth have increased in Texas in recent years, with Black women continuing to outpace all other groups, according to data obtained by state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin.

[Delayed: Mandatory maternal mortality rate data won’t be ready for Texas lawmakers in time for 2023 session]

This data offers a preliminary snapshot of the state of maternal mortality and morbidity in Texas, two months after the state failed to publish a statutorily required report on the subject.

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