ProPublica Event: Life and Death in Post-Roe America

Over the last two years, ProPublica has been diligently tracking the consequences of state abortion bans that have come into effect in nearly half the country after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. We found that women in serious danger have been forced to continue high-risk pregnancies that threatened their lives and have been turned away from emergency rooms because of abortion bans. We’ve written about hospital abortion committees that have to make high-stakes decisions for patients with health risks. In September, ProPublica uncovered two cases of women in Georgia who died after they couldn’t access timely medical care under the state’s abortion ban. And in October, we reported that two pregnant Texas women died after doctors delayed treating miscarriages. There are almost certainly other cases that raise questions about the harm caused by state abortion bans.
Our investigations into the deaths of Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica and Nevaeh Crain highlight how health care for pregnant patients has changed in states like Texas and Georgia that banned abortion, and how that can lead to deaths that experts deem preventable.
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Kavitha Surana, ProPublica reporter
Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica reporter
Lizzie Presser, ProPublica reporter
Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica senior editor
Alexandra Zayas, ProPublica deputy managing editor
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[@musicjenjen]

Saying this a challenge in TX is huge understatement.

[@gwynnie_bird]

Thank you for this incredible reporting

[@Trashed20659]

A lot of this speaks to the fact that our elected officials no longer feel a direct connection to the electorate. Regretting the fact you helped pass a trigger law, and saying you thought it wouldn't ever have the chance to go into effect shows that you don't care as much about how your electorate will feel, since you don't just have to deal with them, but instead feel the need to appeal to particular groups, which will also entitle you to election funding and vocal support by said groups. This is a byproduct of unregulated funding caused by corporate America when Citizens United was passed. The only recourse we have is to bypass big donors and ask working class Americans to fund candidates they actually feel will work for them. $1 Billion did not help Kamala Harris win. That's because working class Americans know how the game is rigged, and that big money controls everything.

[@YorkieTherapyOnline]

Excellent reporting. Thank you all for your work.

[@musicjenjen]

Ken Paxton should have been removed, but his good ole boys kept him in office. SHAME ON HIM & ALL TEXAS GOP!!

[@musicjenjen]

How can I help to get doctors to speak up? Is there anything they can do to stop this???

[@meander112]

Engagement for the engagement god. Best wishes to us all.

[@lizaltieri]

I heard the story of the woman forced to carry her Potters baby to term. He lived for 94 minutes. And this is the scenario that is referred to (100% bogusly) as "post-birth" abortion -- meaning the child with catastrophic anomalies is not resuscitated. They have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. No family should have to do through this. It's tragic enough without the intervention of ignorant cruel fools.

[@musicjenjen]

How can I help.

[@kathiwright4849]

i wanted to comment on the D & C procedure. Cassandra had mentioned it was an abortion. back in the day this was not true as that procedure was part of the treatment for abnormal bleeding and similar female maladies. i have not googled it to see if things have changed.

[@jeannetterogers6465]

How is this impacting the population of doctors staying to practice obgyn care in states with these strict laws? Are women finding it harder to find physicians even willing to take new patients?

[@jjteacher7482]

I agree with the information and general tradegy unfolding in our country. Any chance a look at the economic side a the doctors, hospital trips, repeated scans, etc has on our most vulnerable women and families? How does it effect hospitals, insurance companies and investors bottom line?

[@musicjenjen]

Where are the links. I do not see them n chat.

[@musicjenjen]

How can Help???? I am not a Texas resident but I want to be able to help someway. I donate to plan parenthood and other ways. Are there letters I can write to the Texas legislature to help? Can anybody give me a link how I can get some letters or postcards that I can send out?

[@4362mont]

Lookinng around *now* for more trigger laws that could be lurking, right?

[@musicjenjen]

How can Help???? I am not a Texas resident but I want to be able to help someway. I donate to plan parenthood and other ways. Are there letters I can write to the Texas legislature to help? Can anybody give me a link how I can get some letters or postcards that I can send out?